Patents by Inventor Marcel Geerdink

Marcel Geerdink 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).

  • Cushioning element, footwear, insole, deformable filling, and envelope
    Patent number: 9125454
    Abstract: Cushioning element (4) for footwear, having a deformable filling (12) and an envelope (10) that encloses the deformable filling. The envelope is arranged for forming at least one flow channel (837). In use, at least part of the deformable filling flows into the at least one flow channel as a result of increased pressure of the deformable filling caused by a mechanical load The deformable filling contains solid bodies and further contains a lubricating fluid for mutually lubricating the solid bodies. A dimension of the at least one flow channel is arranged for hindering entrance of the solid bodies into the at least one flow channel during cushioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Bartholomeus Mattheus De Roode, Marcel Geerdink
  • CUSHIONING ELEMENT, FOOTWEAR, INSOLE, DEFORMABLE FILLING, AND ENVELOPE
    Publication number: 20120204451
    Abstract: Cushioning element (4) for footwear, having a deformable filling (12) and an envelope (10) that encloses the deformable filling. The envelope is arranged for forming at least one flow channel (837). In use, at least part of the deformable filling flows into the at least one flow channel as a result of increased pressure of the deformable filling caused by a mechanical load The deformable filling contains solid bodies and further contains a lubricating fluid for mutually lubricating the solid bodies. A dimension of the at least one flow channel is arranged for hindering entrance of the solid bodies into the at least one flow channel during cushioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Bartholomeus Mattheus De Roode, Marcel Geerdink