Patents by Inventor Robert Dickensheets

Robert Dickensheets 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).

  • CONFIGURATIONS FOR FOOTWEAR EMPLOYING REEL BASED CLOSURE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20260130470
    Abstract: A shoe includes a sole and an upper that is attached to the sole. The upper has a first side and a second side that fit around a wearer's foot when the shoe is fit about the wearer's foot. The shoe also includes a strap or panel having a proximal end that is attached to one side of the shoe and a distal end that extends toward an opposite side of the shoe. A tension member is guided or directed about a path along the shoe and a tightening mechanism is operable with the tension member to effect tensioning of the tension member. The strap or panel includes a first guide and a second guide and the tension member is routed through both the first guide and the second guide of the strap or panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: BOA Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro MANZATO, Eric WHEWELL, Kristopher LOVETT, Tamara WHITE, Michael FRITON, Luke SCOTTON, Benjamin SAMPLE, Mark KERNS, Robert DICKENSHEETS, Karina KASTNER
  • System and methods for minimizing dynamic lace movement
    Patent number: 10772384
    Abstract: A reel based closure device includes a housing component, a spool that is rotatably positioned within an interior region of the housing component, and a tightening component that is coupled with the housing component. The tightening component is operably coupled with the spool so that an operation of the tightening component causes the spool to rotate within the interior region of the housing component to wind a tension member about the spool. The housing component is configured so that the tension member is routed axially below the housing component's interior region and to one or more guides that are positioned along a lace path of an article, such as a shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: BOA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Eric Whewell, Alessandro Manzato, Kristopher Lovett, Tamara White, Michael Friton, Luke Scotton, Benjamin Sample, Mark Kerns, Robert Dickensheets
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING DYNAMIC LACE MOVEMENT
    Publication number: 20190021447
    Abstract: A reel based closure device includes a housing component, a spool that is rotatably positioned within an interior region of the housing component, and a tightening component that is coupled with the housing component. The tightening component is operably coupled with the spool so that an operation of the tightening component causes the spool to rotate within the interior region of the housing component to wind a tension member about the spool. The housing component is configured so that the tension member is routed axially below the housing component's interior region and to one or more guides that are positioned along a lace path of an article, such as a shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Boa Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Whewell, Alessandro Manzato, Kristopher Lovett, Tamara White, Michael Friton, Luke Scotton, Benjamin Sample, Mark Kerns, Robert Dickensheets