Robert W Erb

US Patent:

7073277, Jul 11, 2006

Filed:

Jun 25, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/877625

Inventors:

Robert Erb - Plandome NY, US
Hyun Jin Kim - Carlsbad CA, US
Marco Grott - San Marcos CA, US

Assignee:

Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. - Carlsbad CA

International Classification:

A43B 13/38

US Classification:

36 43, 36154, 5253309, 5253325, 5253288, 524504, 524507, 528 44, 528 52, 528 85

Abstract:

The invention relates to the field of shoes in general, and more specifically to the application of microspheres in shoe material formulations to yield desired shoe properties. Even more specifically, the invention relates to a shoe component prepared from a closed cell foam incorporating microspheres to yield controlled cell size, cell size distribution and expansion characteristics. In another embodiment, the invention also relates to an inner sole for a shoe prepared from the reaction product of a polymer matrix component and a curing agent where the curing agent is incorporated in microspheres to yield a material conformable to the user's foot shape.

US Patent:

D678617, Mar 19, 2013

Filed:

May 18, 2012

Appl. No.:

29/422356

Inventors:

Robert Erb - Plandome NY, US
Cortney Warmouth - Edwardsville IL, US
Louis Anthony VanHoutin - Luka IL, US
Kip Meyer - Edwardsville IL, US
Dan Meyer - Litchfield IL, US
Rob Ball - Ballwin MO, US

Assignee:

Kranos IP Corporation - Litchfield IL

International Classification:

0203

US Classification:

D29106

US Patent:

8544117, Oct 1, 2013

Filed:

Jul 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/181654

Inventors:

Robert Erb - Plandome NY, US
Cortney Warmouth - Edwardsville IL, US
Louis Anthony VanHoutin - Luka IL, US
Vincent R. Long - St. Peters MO, US

Assignee:

Kranos IP Corporation - Litchfield IL

International Classification:

A42B 3/00

US Classification:

2411, 2410, 2412, 2413, 2414

Abstract:

A helmet has a ventilated shell, ventilated padding and a ventilated liner of plural cells mounted to the padding for engaging a wearer's head. The liner has top and bottom flexible sheets fused around their perimeter, the bottom sheet having plural round or oval toroidal cells and plural round or oval closed cells, the openings in the toroidal cells extending through the top sheet. Foam at least partly fills each cell. Cells under a crown of the shell are connected in a first circuit with a valve for inflating these cells and a other cells under temporal and occipital portions of the shell are connected in a second inflation circuit with a valve for inflating the second plurality of the cells. Cells under the frontal portion not being inflatable and being substantially filled with foam padding.

US Patent:

20070039205, Feb 22, 2007

Filed:

Mar 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/365613

Inventors:

Robert Erb - New York NY, US
Mikal Peveto - Lanzago di Silea, IT
Jay White - Carlsbad CA, US
Nate Heckman - New York NY, US

Assignee:

FILA LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L. - Luxembourg

International Classification:

A43B 13/38

US Classification:

036044000, 705026000

Abstract:

A method, system, and computer program product used for creating a custom footwear product. The method on which the system, and computer program product are based includes inputting in a retail store information about a characteristic of a consumer that relates to the consumer's foot, and receiving in the retail store a determination of a plurality of selected pre fabricated footwear components that have been selected based the information. Also included in the method is creating in the retail store a kit of prefabricated footwear components for the customer including the identified prefabricated footwear components to be assembled into the custom footwear product.

US Patent:

20070039209, Feb 22, 2007

Filed:

Mar 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/365685

Inventors:

Jay White - Carlsbad CA, US
Craig Lowe - Irvine CA, US
Mikal Peveto - Lanzago di Silea, IT
Savino Bove - Montebelluna, IT
Robert Erb - New York NY, US
Nate Heckman - New York NY, US

Assignee:

FILA LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L. - Luxembourg

International Classification:

A43B 13/14
A43B 3/26

US Classification:

036097000, 036031000

Abstract:

A system for providing a shoe customized to a person includes a plurality of shoe cavity units each having an upper portion and a sole assembly coupled to the upper portion to form a shoe cavity configured to accommodate a foot. Also included is a plurality of interchangeable first shoe components each configured to be coupled to a shoe cavity unit and each configured to provide substantially the same first footwear function but having a different physical attribute based on differences among wearers, and a plurality of interchangeable second shoe components each configured to be coupled to a shoe cavity unit and each configured to provide substantially the same second footwear function but having a different physical attribute based on differences among wearers. A selected shoe cavity unit, a selected first shoe component and a selected second shoe component can be selected from their respective pluralities based on a characteristic of the person such that a combination of these selected items can be coupled to each other to provide a shoe customized to the person.

US Patent:

20070043582, Feb 22, 2007

Filed:

Mar 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/365612

Inventors:

Mikal Peveto - Lanzago Di Silea, IT
Savino Bove - Montebelluna, IT
Jay White - Carlsbad CA, US
Robert Erb - New York NY, US
Nate Heckman - New York NY, US

Assignee:

FILA LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L. - Luxembourg

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00
G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705001000, 705026000

Abstract:

A method for providing a custom shoe to a consumer, including identifying at least one characteristic about a consumer that is present within the retail store, the at least one characteristic relating to the consumer's foot. Also included is selecting a plurality of pre-fabricated footwear components based on the at least one characteristic, assembling the plurality of prefabricated footwear components into a custom shoe that is customized to the consumer, and presenting the custom shoe to the consumer before the customer leaves the retail store.

US Patent:

20130333100, Dec 19, 2013

Filed:

Jun 18, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/526077

Inventors:

Robert Erb - Plandome NY, US
Cortney Warmouth - Edwardsville IL, US
Vince Long - St. Peters MO, US
Louis Anthony VanHoutin - Iuka IL, US

International Classification:

A42B 3/00

US Classification:

2425

Abstract:

A football helmet with shell, faceguard, padding and comfort liner system, has replaceable nose bumpers for connecting a top center of the faceguard to the shell, button and keyhole connectors connecting the liner to an inner surface of the padding and T-nut connectors for connecting the padding to an inner surface of the shell. Front portions of the comfort liner have harder foam cushions than other portions of the liner to improve impact absorption. Selected areas of the padding system contain pads with inner and outer molded thermoplastic urethane parts of different durometer, each including a sheet with plural alternating hollow protrusions. The faceguard has an upper bar with raised ends above a lower edge of the front portion of the shell that form a face opening and on either side of the nose bumper.

US Patent:

20200345096, Nov 5, 2020

Filed:

Jul 16, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/930580

Inventors:

- Litchfield IL, US
Vincent R. LONG - St. Peters MO, US
Robert ERB - Plandome NY, US
Richard GROFF, III - Litchfield IL, US

Assignee:

Kranos IP Corporation - Litchfield IL

International Classification:

A42B 3/12
A42B 3/20
A42B 3/06

Abstract:

A NOCSAE-certified football helmet having a shell, internal padding attached to an inner surface of the shell, and a face guard attachable to the shell, is configured and designed to have a Predictive Concussion Incidence below 1.90, or 0.75 plus or minus 0.25, or in the range of 0.50 to 1.90, as measured by the 2018 Adult Football STAR Methodology. The face guard is attached to the shell at a plurality of attachment points below a line constructed through the midpoint of the height of the helmet and has an upper portion which contacts the shell above the face opening, without being attached to the shell at that point. The internal padding includes a front pad attached within the shell above the face opening, defining a first zone of a first stiffness and, adjacent to and above the first zone, a second zone of a second stiffness lower than the first stiffness. The internal padding also includes helmet liners which are not inflatable, and which contain slow response microcellular polyurethane pads.