Patents by Inventor Valerio Tonel

Valerio Tonel 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).

  • Patent number: 6082745
    Abstract: A reinforced skate including a frame for supporting wheels or an ice-skating blade, and associated with a shoe. The reinforcement includes a first rigid element and a second rigid element, which are articulated to each other and surround the quarter and the shell so as to laterally assume the shape of the Greek letter lambda. The first rigid element is connected, at its end, to the frame so as to form a structure which allows optimum transmission of forces to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Benetton Sportsystem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Pellegrini, Jr., Alessandro Morandin, Maurizio Tacchetto, Valerio Tonel, Luca Vedoato
  • Patent number: 6076285
    Abstract: A sports shoe including a rigid supporting element which surrounds the sole and the sides of the foot and at least partially the rear part and the sides of the leg. A soft upper is associated with the rigid supporting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Benetton Sportsystem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Caeran, Renzo Balbinot, Valerio Tonel
  • Patent number: 6000704
    Abstract: A skate provided with a supporting frame for in-line wheels and comprising a shoe which is composed of a nonrigid upper that, in a sandwich-like fashion, surrounds a stiffening element which affects the regions of the tip, of the heel, of the ankle and of the sole of the foot, and a lateral band or rim made of rubber which externally and laterally surrounds said upper proximate to said region of the sole of the foot. An anchoring sole for the frame is formed thereat. A skate is obtained which at the same time allows optimum transmission of forces from the foot to the wheel supporting frame and optimum fit for the user's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Benetton Sportsystem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Renzo Balbinot, Valerio Tonel, Flavio Bacchiega
  • Patent number: 5634648
    Abstract: Roller skate with improved fit which includes a first front body for supporting and securing the front part of the foot and a second rear body for supporting and securing at least the heel. These bodies are rotatably associated with each other, and each body is provided with a supporting frame for at least one wheel. The articulation between the first body and the second body allows easier skating in improved comfort conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Tonel, Roberto Gorza, Francesco Caeran
  • Patent number: 5381611
    Abstract: A footgear, particularly usable for skiing, includes a shell which has a recess at the upper metatarsal region and with which at least one quarter is associated. One or more flaps are removably associable with the quarter and/or with the shell through connection members. The footgear thus obtained allows, by virtue of the interchangeability of the flaps, to replace them in case of breakage or wear, to vary the shape and color of the flaps and to recycle them once they have been changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Tonel, Claudio Sartor
  • Patent number: 5287639
    Abstract: A sports shoe includes a shell having a rear quarter. The quarter is provided, in a downward position and to the rear, with a recess. The sports shoe includes a flap which is articulated to the shell and affects the recess; the flap is provided with a projection for engaging the quarter at the recess providing a rear support of the quarter. The flap can be disengaged from the quarter by the user by pressing the projection or the flap in the direction of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Tonel
  • Patent number: 5228219
    Abstract: A waterproof device, for boots having a shell and/or a quarter which have a first and a second overlapping flaps. The device is constituted by an insert arranged at a seat defined on the first flap of the shell and/or of the quarter. The insert has containment seats for respective levers and a tab which can be sealingly interposed between the first flap and the second flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Tonel
  • Patent number: 5199735
    Abstract: The device for fastening footgear to a sports implement, particularly to a cross-country ski or to a ski mounted on rollers or to a ski for Telemark skiing or to a ski for mountain skiing, has the peculiarity of including at least one means for adjustable elastic contrast to the rotation of the footgear with respect to the sports implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Tonel
  • Patent number: 5197165
    Abstract: A lever structure for securing one or more pressers and/or for closing the flaps of a ski boot, includes a device for the fine adjustment of the working length of one or more traction elements. The device includes at least one knob which can be accessed by the skier and is associated with a lever arm in an oscillating manner and without fixed connections. The knob has an internally threaded cavity which acts as seat for a complementarily threaded pawl which is rigidly associated with a traction element. The device is considerably simple in execution and has modest costs in view of the absence of pivots, rivets and other means for interconnection between the lever and the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Zorzi, Valerio Tonel, Giuseppe De Bortoli
  • Patent number: 5175948
    Abstract: A support adjustment device for ski boots composed of a shell with which at least one quarter is associated. The peculiarity of the device consists of the fact that a shaped body is elastically associated with the quarter and embraces at least one portion of the skier's leg. The device furthermore includes sliders suitable for limiting the backward stroke of the shaped body with respect to the quarter. A safe and constant support of the calf is thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Tonel, Mario Gonella, Maurizio Tacchetto
  • Patent number: 5111598
    Abstract: A ski boot of the type having a shell with overlapping flaps or of the rigid monolithic type, with at least one closure point on the instep and/or on the metatarsal region and a front quarter and a rear quarter associated with the shell. A band-like element is associated with the front quarter. The front quarter has one or more partially mutually superimposed tabs inside which there is at least one tongue which protrudes from the band-like element. The band-like element, which interacts with tension-producing devices, has rivets engaging respective slots in the front quarter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mariano Sartor, Valerio Tonel
  • Patent number: 5054215
    Abstract: Device for ski boots comprising a front quarter and a rear quarter associated with a shell and/or an upper quarter embracing at least one portion of the leg of a skier and supported at the upper end of said front and/or rear quarter(s). The device has a slider which is movable transversely to said upper quarter and/or front quarter and/or rear quarter and/or shell, and interacts selectively with at least two separate abutments provided on said upper quarter and/or front quarter and/or rear quarter and/or shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Tonel, Mario Mattiuzzo, Giancarlo Foscaro, Stefano Soligo
  • Patent number: 4944100
    Abstract: The closure and adjustment device is particularly for ski boots comprising a front quarter and a rear quarter pivoted to a shell. The rear quarter is connected to at least one mutually movable part of the boot through at least one connecting element. The rear quarter and the connecting element are provided with a set of teeth and a bar respectively for the adjustment and locking of the position of the connecting element, for effecting adjustment of the closure of said quarters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Nordica S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mariano Sartor, Valerio Tonel
  • Patent number: 4882857
    Abstract: The closure and adjustment device is particularly for ski boots comprising a front quarter and a rear quarter pivoted to a shell. The rear quarter is connected to at least one mutually movable part of the boot through at least one connecting element. The rear quarter and the connecting element are provided with a set of teeth and a bar respectively for the adjustment and locking of the position of the connecting element, for effecting adjustment of the closure of said quarters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mariano Sartor, Valerio Tonel
  • Patent number: 4809448
    Abstract: Ski boot composed of at least one front quarter connected to a shell wherein a substantially transverse slot is provided on the upper portion of the front quarter and is provided with means for determining the inclination of the front quarter, said means acting by varying the working span of the slot and therefore the degree of deformability of the quarter at that point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: NORDICA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Tonel, Mario Mattiuzzo
  • Patent number: 4611415
    Abstract: A device for adjusting flex in ski boots and the like, comprises at least one elastic element carried on the shell of a ski boot or the like; a pivot pin is passed through the elastic element and has at least the boot front quarter connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Tonel
  • Patent number: D305475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mariano Sartor, Valerio Tonel
  • Patent number: D408617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Benetton Sportsystem S.p.A.
    Inventors: Renzo Balbinot, Valerio Tonel, Flavio Bacchiega