Patents by Inventor Robert Kent SCOFIELD
Robert Kent SCOFIELD 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: 10939726Abstract: Soles for footwear and footwear are disclosed. The sole may include a midsole having a first surface. The sole may additionally include an outsole having a second surface and a plurality of first recesses. The second surface may be attached to the first surface. The first surface and the plurality of first recesses may define a plurality of chambers. One or more chambers of the plurality of chambers may include trapped air. The midsole may further include first protruding portions that extend downwardly from the first surface toward one or more first recesses of the plurality of first recesses.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Chinook Asia LLCInventors: Robert Kent Scofield, Sangmin Lee
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Publication number: 20180263334Abstract: Soles for footwear and footwear are disclosed. The sole may include a midsole having a first surface. The sole may additionally include an outsole having a second surface and a plurality of first recesses. The second surface may be attached to the first surface. The first surface and the plurality of first recesses may define a plurality of chambers. One or more chambers of the plurality of chambers may include trapped air. The midsole may further include first protruding portions that extend downwardly from the first surface toward one or more first recesses of the plurality of first recesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Chinook Asia LLCInventors: Robert Kent SCOFIELD, Sangmin LEE
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Patent number: 10076886Abstract: Methods of and molds for manufacturing footwear are disclosed. In one example, the method may include forming at least one molded portion adjacent to at least one non-molded portion such that part of the at least one molded portion overlaps and contacts the at least one non-molded portion, and forming the at least one molded portion to include end portions that are adjacent the part of the at least one molded portion and that extend away from the at least one non-molded portion such that the end portions do not contact the at least one non-molded portion; moving the end portions of the at least one molded portion toward the at least one non-molded portion such that the end portions contact the at least one non-molded portion; and securing the end portions of the at least one molded portion to the at least one non-molded portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Chinook Asia LLCInventor: Robert Kent Scofield
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Patent number: 9974359Abstract: Soles for footwear and footwear are disclosed. The sole may include a midsole having a first surface. The sole may additionally include an outsole having a second surface and a plurality of first recesses. The second surface may be attached to the first surface. The first surface and the plurality of first recesses may define a plurality of chambers. One or more chambers of the plurality of chambers may include trapped air. The midsole may further include first protruding portions that extend downwardly from the first surface toward one or more first recesses of the plurality of first recesses.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Chinook Asia LLCInventors: Robert Kent Scofield, Sangmin Lee
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Patent number: 9668540Abstract: Footwear and soles for footwear are disclosed. The sole may include an energy transfer base. The energy transfer base may include top and bottom surfaces, and opposed first and second side surfaces. The energy transfer base may include at least one cavity. The at least one cavity may define upper and lower portions of the energy transfer base. The upper portion may be configured to move away from a nominal position and toward the lower portion when a force applied to the upper portion toward the lower portion has a magnitude that is above a predetermined value, and to move back to the nominal position when at least one of (1) the force is no longer applied or (2) the magnitude of the applied force is at or below the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Chinook Asia LLCInventors: Robert Kent Scofield, Sangmin Lee
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Publication number: 20170020228Abstract: Soles for footwear and footwear are disclosed. The sole may include a midsole having a first surface. The sole may additionally include an outsole having a second surface and a plurality of first recesses. The second surface may be attached to the first surface. The first surface and the plurality of first recesses may define a plurality of chambers. One or more chambers of the plurality of chambers may include trapped air. The midsole may further include first protruding portions that extend downwardly from the first surface toward one or more first recesses of the plurality of first recesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: CHINOOK ASIA LLCInventors: Robert Kent SCOFIELD, Sangmin LEE
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Publication number: 20160207270Abstract: Methods of and molds for manufacturing footwear are disclosed. In one example, the method may include forming at least one molded portion adjacent to at least one non-molded portion such that part of the at least one molded portion overlaps and contacts the at least one non-molded portion, and forming the at least one molded portion to include end portions that are adjacent the part of the at least one molded portion and that extend away from the at least one non-molded portion such that the end portions do not contact the at least one non-molded portion; moving the end portions of the at least one molded portion toward the at least one non-molded portion such that the end portions contact the at least one non-molded portion; and securing the end portions of the at least one molded portion to the at least one non-molded portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: Chinook Asia LLCInventor: Robert Kent SCOFIELD
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Publication number: 20160183632Abstract: An article of footwear may include a midsole having a flex-frame defining a plurality of cells. Some or all of the cells may be substantially filled with a foam material. The flex-frame may be made of a solid material having a greater stiffness than the foam material. The flex-frame may be unitary in construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Chinook Asia LLCInventors: Robert Kent SCOFIELD, Sangmin LEE
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Publication number: 20160183633Abstract: Footwear and soles for footwear are disclosed. The sole may include an energy transfer base. The energy transfer base may include top and bottom surfaces, and opposed first and second side surfaces. The energy transfer base may include at least one cavity. The at least one cavity may define upper and lower portions of the energy transfer base. The upper portion may be configured to move away from a nominal position and toward the lower portion when a force applied to the upper portion toward the lower portion has a magnitude that is above a predetermined value, and to move back to the nominal position when at least one of (1) the force is no longer applied or (2) the magnitude of the applied force is at or below the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Chinook Asia LLCInventors: Robert Kent SCOFIELD, Sangmin LEE
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Publication number: 20160183631Abstract: A midsole for footwear, and footwear that incorporates the midsole, where the midsole includes a resilient core disposed between an upper housing and a lower housing, and including and a sidewall assembly extending from the perimeter of the upper housing to the perimeter of the lower housing, the sidewall assembly being configured to accommodate a compression of the midsole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Chinook Asia LLCInventors: Robert Kent SCOFIELD, Sangmin LEE
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Patent number: D763560Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Chinook Asia LLCInventor: Robert Kent Scofield
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Patent number: D781040Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Chinook Asia LLCInventor: Robert Kent Scofield