Deckers Outdoor Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150142693 | PRESSURE ACTIVATION MAT AND METHOD FOR SELLING FOOTWEAR - An apparatus for marketing and selling footwear, the footwear having a footbed, comprises a mat having one or more layers, the top layer of the mat comprising the same material as footwear footbed, e.g., yoga mat foam. At least a portion of an upper of one of more units of the footwear, preferably a plurality of different size upper portions, is/are attached to the mat. At least one sensor is coupled to the mat and configured to sense a consumer's foot on the mat, and in response an output device emits a sound expressing happiness in the comfortable sensation of the user's foot on the mat. Thereby, the consumer's buying experience is enhanced. | 05-21-2015 |
20140259796 | FOOTWEAR INCLUDING A UNIVERSAL CLEAT ASSEMBLY - An article of footwear including an upper, an outsole defining an opening, a midsole attached to said outsole and defining an opening and a support plate defining a recessed area having a pair of elongated openings, where the support plate is attached to the midsole and the pair of elongated openings are aligned with the openings in the midsole and the outsole. A fastening plate is seated in the support plate and includes non-threaded openings aligned with the elongated openings of the support plate and the openings of the midsole and the outsole. A cleat assembly is removably connected to a designated position on the outsole by inserting threaded ends of a pair of fasteners through the non-threaded openings of the fastening plate, the elongated openings of the support plate, the openings of the midsole and the outsole and into threaded engagement with the cleat assembly. | 09-18-2014 |
20140259784 | FOOTWEAR WITH PONTOON SOLE STRUCTURE - An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure having an outer periphery and one or more pontoons flexibly and resiliently joined to the sole structure. The pontoons are configured to spread laterally when the footwear is loaded to thereby increase the surface area of the sole structure and elastically retract back to an original position when the footwear is unloaded. The increased surface area of the sole reduces sinking of the footwear in soft, loose or saturated ground. Optionally, the sole structure includes paddle blades. | 09-18-2014 |
20140259781 | FOOTWEAR INCLUDING RESILIENT SUPPORT MEMBERS - An article of footwear includes an outsole and an upper attached to the outsole. The upper has a heel portion, a vamp portion, and two quarter portions, and defines a foot opening. A resilient heel support member is retained within a first channel that extends through the upper and lines a part of the foot opening in the heel portion of the upper. The heel support member is configured to support the upper such that the article of footwear retains its shape. | 09-18-2014 |
20140208616 | FOOTWEAR INCLUDING A REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE UPPER - An article of footwear including a fabric upper and at least one connector having an upper member with two spaced sidewalls. At least a portion of the upper being inserted between and co-molded with the sidewalls of the connector. | 07-31-2014 |
20130261785 | SHEARED WOOL WEAVING METHOD - A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes providing a knitting machine having a processor programmed to cause the knitting machine to knit a wool pile fabric having a plurality of footwear components and simultaneously knitting wool fibers and a scrim to form the wool pile fabric including the footwear components. | 10-03-2013 |
20130256934 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A WOOL PILE FABRIC PRODUCT - A method of manufacturing a component for an article of footwear including providing a two-part mold, inserting a first material layer in the mold, pouring a polyurethane layer on the first material layer, placing a piece of a wool pile fabric on the polyurethane layer and closing the mold for a designated period of time for forming a wool pile fabric component such as a footwear insole. After the designated period of time the mold is opened and the molded wool pile fabric component is removed from the mold. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255325 | WOOL PILE FABRIC INCLUDING SECURITY FIBERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A wool pile fabric product including a plurality of wool fibers and at least one security fiber knit with a textile scrim to form a pile fabric having a scrim side and a fiber pile side. The product also includes a facing material that is attached to the scrim side of the wool pile fabric. The security fiber in the product provides a discrete way to identify a genuine product. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255324 | DENSITY ENHANCEMENT METHOD FOR WOOL PILE FABRIC - A density enhancement method for a wool pile fabric comprising simultaneously knitting a plurality of shorter sheared wool fibers and a plurality of longer sheared wool fibers to a backing material. The mixture of the shorter and the longer wool fibers enhances the density of the wool pile fabric and closely replicates the density of natural shearling. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255048 | NATURAL WOOL PILE FABRIC AND METHOD FOR MAKING WOOL PILE FABRIC - A method of making a sheared wool, deep pile fabric that closely resembles natural sheepskin fleece that includes forming a length of wool pile fabric having natural wool fibers on one side and a scrim on an opposing side and finishing the wool pile fabric as natural shearling. The finishing process includes polishing the wool fiber side of the pile fabric by guiding the length of pile fabric over one or more heated first polishing rolls, applying a sheepskin conditioning solution to the wool fiber side of the pile fabric, further polishing the wool fiber side of the pile fabric by guiding the fabric a plurality of times over one or more second heated polishing rolls, and cutting the wool fibers to a designated length. | 10-03-2013 |
20130118036 | FOOTWEAR OUTSOLE INLCUDING GRIPPING TREAD - An outsole for an article of footwear including a plurality of laterally extending walls where each pair of adjacent walls defines a channel. The outsole also includes a plurality of receptacles between the adjacent walls where the channel extends across each of the receptacles. | 05-16-2013 |
20110271556 | FOOTWEAR INCLUDING A FOLDABLE HEEL - An article of footwear including an outsole, an upper attached to the outsole and a heel portion attached to the outsole and movably connected to the upper. The heel portion is movable between a support position, where the heel portion is substantially transverse to the outsole, and a mule position, where the heel portion is substantially parallel to the outsole. A cushioning heel pad is attached to an outer surface of the heel portion, where the heel pad has a designated thickness and contacts and supports a user's heel when the heel portion is in the mule position. | 11-10-2011 |
20110192056 | FOOTWEAR INCLUDING A SELF-ADJUSTING MIDSOLE - An article of footwear including an outsole having a plurality of first traction members extending from the outsole and defining a plurality of openings. A plurality of second traction members extend through the openings in the outsole and are configured to move between an extended position, where the second traction members are fully extended in the openings, and a retracted position, where the second traction members are at least partially retracted within the openings. A compressible member is positioned adjacent to the plurality of second traction members and is configured to compress when the second traction members move to the retracted position. | 08-11-2011 |