Joshua G Kaplan

US Patent:

7293370, Nov 13, 2007

Filed:

Nov 10, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/985544

Inventors:

Joshua G. Kaplan - Somerville MA, US
Patrick Y. Choe - Cambridge MA, US
Sean B. Murphy - North Andover MA, US

Assignee:

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. - Brighton MA

International Classification:

A43D 1/00
A43B 3/26

US Classification:

36 84, 36 97, 36 73

Abstract:

An object of footwear for children which allows adults to visually determine whether the shoe proper fits the child and can be adjusted in its effective size when it is determined that the shoe has become too small. The article of footwear comprises a fitting system comprising: (1) a substantially transparent window disposed in a predetermined location in the vamp so that when a wearer who has a foot that properly fits in the article of footwear puts on the article of footwear, a portion of a toe of the wearer can be seen through the window, and (2) a sizing member attached to the upper, the sizing member being placed within the opening against the heel portion to create a first effective size of the article of footwear, the sizing member being removable to create a second effective size of the article of footwear. The present invention also provides a method of determining when to adjust the effective size of an article of footwear and adjusting the effective size of the article of footwear.

US Patent:

20100064547, Mar 18, 2010

Filed:

May 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/151035

Inventors:

Joshua Kaplan - Somerville MA, US
Sean Murphy - North Andover MA, US

Assignee:

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. - Boston MA

International Classification:

A43B 17/00
A43C 11/00
A43B 23/28

US Classification:

36 10, 36 501, 36 585

Abstract:

A form fitting closure structure and method for an internal tightening of shoe facilitated the closure system to ensure the retention of the position of the shoe wearer's foot. The system comprises (1) an outer sole which is open to allow insertion of a foot and capable of being closed over the foot by a closure system, (2) an internal sock-like tightening structure that encases the instep of the foot and is affixed to the shoe's closure system. A method of providing a better fit of the shoe around the shoe wearer's foot by ensuring the retention of the position of the foot within the shoe is also disclosed.

US Patent:

20120134959, May 31, 2012

Filed:

Apr 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/264776

Inventors:

Kevin Joseph Curran - Somerville MA, US
Joshua Aaron Kaplan - Seattle WA, US
David James Richard - Littleton MA, US
Jeroen Cunera Verheijen - Westborough MA, US
Arie Zask - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Wyeth LLC - Madison NJ

International Classification:

A61K 31/5383
A61K 31/655
A61K 31/7068
A61K 31/675
A61P 35/00
A61K 31/7048
A61K 38/50
A61K 39/395
A61K 38/21
C07D 498/08
A61K 33/24

US Classification:

424 856, 544105, 544 74, 5142305, 514151, 514 49, 514110, 424649, 514 27, 424 946, 4241331

Abstract:

The invention relates to pyrimidine compounds of the Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the constituent variables are as defined herein, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods for making and using the compounds.