Patents by Inventor William Alan Brunais

William Alan Brunais 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).

  • Footwear with a sole structure incorporating a lobed fluid-filled chamber
    Patent number: 7128796
    Abstract: A fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear and a method for manufacturing the chamber are disclosed. The chamber may be incorporated into a sole structure of the footwear and includes a central area and a plurality of lobes extending outward from the central area. The lobes are in fluid communication with the central area and are formed from a first surface, a second surface, and a sidewall. The sidewall joins with the first surface with the second surface to seal the fluid within the chamber, but no internal connections are generally utilized to join interior portions of the first surface with interior portions of the second surface. The fluid within the chamber may be air at a pressure that is approximately equal to an ambient pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Jeffrey Hensley, William Alan Brunais, John F. Swigart, Eric Steven Schindler