Patents by Inventor Richard Schaper

Richard Schaper 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
  • Integrated skate
    Patent number: 5582417
    Abstract: The present invention includes an in-line roller skate substantially free of the effects of differential shrinkage and a method of molding an in-line skate substantially free of the effects of differential shrinkage, the skate including a molded boot with a sole; a molded wheel frame integral with the sole; a plurality of in-line wheels rotatably attached to the wheel frame; and a mechanism for minimizing the effects of differential shrinkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: First Team Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Schaper, Dan M. Sutherland
  • Cuff for in-line skates
    Patent number: D365437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: First Team Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Schaper, Dan M. Sutherland, Erik Mueller, Philip Dretzka
  • Integral in-line skate boot and skate frame
    Patent number: D375829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: First Team Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Schaper, Dan M. Sutherland, Erik Mueller, Philip Dretzka