Patents by Inventor Michael Peter Tierney

Michael Peter Tierney 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).

  • Method of molding skate components
    Patent number: 5871683
    Abstract: A method of molding different versions of a skate component, the method including providing a single mold, the mold having a mold cavity capable of molding the skate component; attaching a first mold insert within the mold cavity to set a skate feature; injecting molding resin into the mold cavity, the mold cavity including the first mold insert, to form a first version of the skate component; replacing the first mold insert within the mold cavity with a second mold insert to change the skate feature; and injecting molding resin into the mold cavity, the mold cavity including the second mold insert, to form a second version of the skate component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: First Team Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Schaper, Michael Peter Tierney