Patents by Inventor Jean-Francois Laperriere
Jean-Francois Laperriere has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11142623Abstract: A device (e.g., an article of athletic gear) comprising a post-molded expandable component, which is a part of the device that is configured to be expanded or has been expanded after being molded. This may allow the post-molded expandable component to have enhanced characteristics (e.g., be more shock-absorbent, lighter, etc.), to be cost-effectively manufactured (e.g., by using less material and/or making it in various sizes), and/or to be customized for a user (e.g., by custom-fitting it to the user).Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLCInventors: Thierry Krick, François Asselin, Jean-François Laperrière, Martin Ladouceur, Ivan Labonté, Marco Beauregard
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Patent number: 11142624Abstract: A device (e.g., an article of athletic gear) comprising a post-molded expandable component, which is a part of the device that is configured to be expanded or has been expanded after being molded. This may allow the post-molded expandable component to have enhanced characteristics (e.g., be more shock-absorbent, lighter, etc.), to be cost-effectively manufactured (e.g., by using less material and/or making it in various sizes), and/or to be customized for a user (e.g., by custom-fitting it to the user).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLCInventors: Thierry Krick, François Asselin, Jean-François Laperriere, Martin Ladouceur, Ivan Labonte, Marco Beauregard
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Publication number: 20200391096Abstract: A leg pad (e.g., a hockey leg pad) for protecting a leg of a user, in which the leg pad is designed to enhance protection and freedom of movement (e.g., during skating strides), such as by providing flexibility of the leg pad proximate to a knee and optionally an ankle of the user (e.g., for extension and optional retraction of one or more parts of the leg pad) to better follow natural movements of the user's leg (e.g., bending of the knee and optional flexion of the ankle of the user).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Anthony Gauvin, Thomas Lemelin, Marco Beauregard, Jean-François Laperrière
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Publication number: 20200346096Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of sport gear, the method comprising: providing a first component; making a second component by: (i) applying heat to expand polymeric microspheres each comprising a polymeric shell and a fluid encapsulated in the polymeric shell to produce a core of polymeric cellular material that comprises a first side and a second side opposite one another and a body of expanded polymeric microspheres; (ii) molding a covering onto the core of polymeric cellular material such that the covering covers at least part of the first side and at least part of the second side of the core of polymeric cellular material; and mounting the second component to the first component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: JEAN-FRANCOIS LAPERRIERE, THIERRY KRICK, ROBERT LAVOIE, CHIN-TE SU, LIN-YU LEE
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Publication number: 20200306602Abstract: Articles of sports equipment, such as striking implements (e.g., sticks) and wearable articles (e.g., skates, helmets) for playing hockey or other activities, in which at least one of the characteristics (e.g., stiffness) of the articles of sports equipment is adaptable and can be altered during use of the sports equipment, such as by comprising an alterable component coupled to a controller, by comprising an alterable component that is autonomously alterable, and/or by an alterable component that can be altered in response to a command of a remote device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Mathieu Ducharme, Mathieu Poitras, Jean-Francois Laperriere, Ryan Ouckama, Ivan Labonte, Alexis Seguin, Jean-Francois Corbeil, Edouard Rouzier, Yannick Paquette, Sanro Zlobec
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Patent number: 10751602Abstract: A sport helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse or football player. The sport helmet includes an outer shell with an internal side and an external side and an inner pad mounted to the internal side of the outer shell for absorbing shocks when the sport helmet is impacted. The inner pad includes a core of polymeric cellular material with a body of expanded polymeric microspheres and a molded covering being molded onto the core of polymeric cellular material.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Jean-Francois Laperriere, Thierry Krick, Robert Lavoie, Chin-Te Su, Lin-Yu Lee
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Publication number: 20200255618Abstract: A device (e.g., an article of athletic gear) comprising a post-molded expandable component, which is a part of the device that is configured to be expanded or has been expanded after being molded. This may allow the post-molded expandable component to have enhanced characteristics (e.g., be more shock-absorbent, lighter, etc.), to be cost-effectively manufactured (e.g., by using less material and/or making it in various sizes), and/or to be customized for a user (e.g., by custom-fitting it to the user).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Thierry Krick, François Asselin, Jean-François Laperriere, Martin Ladouceur, Ivan Labonte, Marco Beauregard
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Patent number: 10737168Abstract: The invention relates to a leg pad for a hockey player. The leg pad extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises an upper portion, a bottom portion and a band. The upper portion has a knee cap for covering a knee joint of the player. The bottom portion has an upper shell for covering a substantial part of a shin of the hockey player and a lower shell for at least partially covering the shin and ankle of the hockey player. The band extends along part of a periphery of the upper shell and part of a periphery of the lower shell. The band interconnects the upper shell and the lower shell to one another wherein the lower shell is movable relative to the upper shell between a first position and a second position in response to flexion of the ankle.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Mathieu Contant, Jean-Francois Laperriere, Marco Beauregard, Marie-Claude Genereux
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Publication number: 20200187582Abstract: A helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse, football or other sports player. The helmet comprising an outer shell and an inner padding disposed between the outer shell and the wearer's head when the helmet is worn. The inner padding comprising a plurality of shock absorbers and an interconnector interconnecting the shock absorbers, each shock absorber being deformable in response to a rotational impact on the helmet such that an outer part of the shock absorber moves relative to an inner part of the shock absorber in a direction tangential to an angular movement of the outer shell due to the rotational impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Jean-Francois LAPERRIERE, Thierry KRICK, Jacques DUROCHER, Ryan OUCKAMA, Marie-Claude GENEREUX, Denis COTE, Philippe JEAN, Ken COVO, Garnet ALEXANDER, Jean-Marie BIDAL
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Publication number: 20200034016Abstract: Methods and systems for customizing wearable equipment such as athletic equipment, including ice skates and protective equipment such as masks. For example, a hockey goaltender mask may comprise a shell a liner attached to the shell, the liner being customized for a face of a user. The liner may be produced using a customized mold. Such customized mold may include a base mold and at least one attachment attached to the base mold; wherein each of the at least one attachment is characterized by at least one feature determined based on computer processing of data representative of the face of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: BAUER HOCKEY LTD.Inventors: RAYMOND BOISSONNEAULT, JEAN-FRANCOIS LAPERRIERE, JACQUES DUROCHER, MATHIEU POITRAS, THIERRY KRICK, THOMAS LEMELIN
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Publication number: 20190350297Abstract: A sports helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, comprising: an outer shell comprising an external surface of the sports helmet; inner padding disposed between the outer shell and the wearer's head; an adjustment mechanism operable by the wearer to vary an internal volume of the cavity to adjust a fit of the sports helmet on the wearer's head; and a rotational impact protection device disposed between the external surface of the sports helmet and the wearer's head when the sports helmet is worn, the rotational impact protection device comprising a surface movable relative to the external surface of the sports helmet in response to a rotational impact on the outer shell to absorb rotational energy from the rotational impact, the surface of the rotational impact protection device undergoing displacement when the adjustment mechanism is operated by the wearer to vary the internal volume of the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Jacques Durocher, Jean-Francois Laperriere, Marie-Claude Genereux, Denis Cote
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Patent number: 10477909Abstract: A helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse, football or other sports player. The helmet includes an outer shell and an inner padding disposed between the outer shell and the wearer's head when the helmet is worn. The inner padding includes a plurality of shock absorbers and an interconnector interconnecting the shock absorbers, each shock absorber being deformable in response to a rotational impact on the helmet such that an outer part of the shock absorber moves relative to an inner part of the shock absorber in a direction tangential to an angular movement of the outer shell due to the rotational impact.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Bauer Hockey, LLCInventors: Jean-Francois Laperriere, Thierry Krick, Jacques Durocher, Ryan Ouckama, Marie-Claude Genereux, Denis Cote, Philippe Jean, Ken Covo, Garnet Alexander, Jean-Marie Bidal
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Patent number: 10334904Abstract: A sports helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, that comprises: an outer shell comprising an external surface of the sports helmet; inner padding disposed between the outer shell and the wearer's head; an adjustment mechanism operable by the wearer to vary an internal volume of the cavity to adjust a fit of the sports helmet on the wearer's head; and a rotational impact protection device disposed between the external surface of the sports helmet and the wearer's head when the sports helmet is worn, the rotational impact protection device comprising a surface movable relative to the external surface of the sports helmet in response to a rotational impact on the outer shell to absorb rotational energy from the rotational impact, the surface of the rotational impact protection device undergoing displacement when the adjustment mechanism is operated by the wearer to vary the internal volume of the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Jacques Durocher, Jean-Francois Laperriere, Marie-Claude Genereux, Denis Cote
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Publication number: 20190166947Abstract: A device (e.g., an article of athletic gear) comprising a cushioning component for absorbing energy when the device is contacted (i.e., impacted or otherwise contacted), in which the cushioning component comprises a core comprising a plurality of zones of different materials (e.g., which may differ in one or more materials properties such as density, stiffness, resilience, etc.) and a covering disposed on the core. In some embodiments, a given one of the zones of different materials may be a zone of expanded microspheres. The cushioning component may provide enhanced protection, comfort, and/or vibration or other shock absorption while being relatively lightweight.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAPERRIÈRE, CHARLES-ANTOINE DESROCHERS
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Patent number: 10306941Abstract: A sports helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, that comprises: an outer shell comprising an external surface of the sports helmet; inner padding disposed between the outer shell and the wearer's head; an adjustment mechanism operable by the wearer to vary an internal volume of the cavity to adjust a fit of the sports helmet on the wearer's head; and a rotational impact protection device disposed between the external surface of the sports helmet and the wearer's head when the sports helmet is worn, the rotational impact protection device comprising a surface movable relative to the external surface of the sports helmet in response to a rotational impact on the outer shell to absorb rotational energy from the rotational impact, the surface of the rotational impact protection device undergoing displacement when the adjustment mechanism is operated by the wearer to vary the internal volume of the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Jacques Durocher, Jean-Francois Laperrière, Marie-Claude Généreux, Denis Coté
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Publication number: 20190048165Abstract: A device (e.g., an article of athletic gear) comprising a post-molded expandable component, which is a part of the device that is configured to be expanded or has been expanded after being molded. This may allow the post-molded expandable component to have enhanced characteristics (e.g., be more shock-absorbent, lighter, etc.), to be cost-effectively manufactured (e.g., by using less material and/or making it in various sizes), and/or to be customized for a user (e.g., by custom-fitting it to the user).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: BAUER HOCKEY LTD.Inventors: Thierry KRICK, François ASSELIN, Jean-François LAPERRIÈRE, Martin LADOUCEUR, Ivan LABONTÉ, Marco BEAUREGARD
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Publication number: 20190038956Abstract: The invention relates to a leg pad for a hockey player. The leg pad extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises an upper portion, a bottom portion and a band. The upper portion has a knee cap for covering a knee joint of the player. The bottom portion has an upper shell for covering a substantial part of a shin of the hockey player and a lower shell for at least partially covering the shin and ankle of the hockey player. The band extends along part of a periphery of the upper shell and part of a periphery of the lower shell. The band interconnects the upper shell and the lower shell to one another wherein the lower shell is movable relative to the upper shell between a first position and a second position in response to flexion of the ankle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: MATHIEU CONTANT, JEAN-FRANCOIS LAPERRIERE, MARCO BEAUREGARD, MARIE-CLAUDE GENEREUX
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Patent number: 10124237Abstract: The invention relates to a leg pad for a hockey player. The leg pad extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises an upper portion, a lower portion and a band. The upper portion has a knee cap for covering a knee joint of the player. The lower portion has an upper shell for covering a substantial part of a shin of the hockey player and a lower shell for at least partially covering the shin and ankle of the hockey player. The band extends along part of a periphery of the upper shell and part of a periphery of the lower shell. The band interconnects the upper shell and the lower shell to one another wherein the lower shell is movable relative to the upper shell between a first position and a second position in response to flexion of the ankle.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Mathieu Contant, Jean-Francois Laperriere, Marco Beauregard, Marie-Claude Genereux
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Publication number: 20180132556Abstract: A helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse, football or other sports player. The helmet comprising an outer shell and an inner padding disposed between the outer shell and the wearer's head when the helmet is worn. The inner padding comprising a plurality of shock absorbers and an interconnector interconnecting the shock absorbers, each shock absorber being deformable in response to a rotational impact on the helmet such that an outer part of the shock absorber moves relative to an inner part of the shock absorber in a direction tangential to an angular movement of the outer shell due to the rotational impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2014Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Jean-Francois LAPERRIERE, Thierry KRICK, Jacques DUROCHER, Ryan OUCKAMA, Marie-Claude GENEREUX, Denis COTE, Philippe JEAN, Ken COVO, Garnet ALEXANDER, Jean-Marie BIDAL
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Patent number: 9756892Abstract: A sport helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse or football player. The sport helmet has an outer shell with an internal side and an external side and an inner pad mounted to the internal side of the outer shell for absorbing shocks when the sport helmet is impacted. The inner pad has a core of polymeric cellular material with a body of expanded polymeric microspheres and a molded covering being molded onto the core of polymeric cellular material.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Jean-François Laperrière, Thierry Krick, Robert Lavoie, Chin-Te Su, Lin-Yu Lee