Timothy F Downing

US Patent:

20100236096, Sep 23, 2010

Filed:

Mar 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/729758

Inventors:

Matthew R. Pauk - Boston MA, US
Andrew W. Spieth - Boston MA, US
Patrick Y. Choe - Boston MA, US
Timothy Downing - Boston MA, US
Sean Murphy - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. - Boston MA

International Classification:

A43B 13/18
A43B 13/12

US Classification:

36 28, 36 30 R

Abstract:

A shoe sole and shoe are provided for offsetting a wearer's side-to-side balance to encourage a wearer's conditioning and toning. The shoe sole includes a midsole width that underlies and supports a wearer's foot, and an upper midsole portion undercut at its peripheral sidewall around the heel to define a horizontal indentation. A lower midsole portion has a corresponding “undercut” in its upper surface that angles downward and outward from the indentation. The depth of the indentation forms a balancing portion between the medially and laterally placed indentations that is narrower than the midsole width, thereby forcing the wearer to adjust one's walking gait to maintain balance over the balancing portion. A structure with a base portion can be disposed along the indentation with upward and or downward extending extensions disposed along the peripheral sidewall. The structure can include leaf springs extending transversely over a central midsole portion.

US Patent:

20190075951, Mar 14, 2019

Filed:

Sep 11, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/127392

Inventors:

Michael Torilli - Medway MA, US
Timothy M. Downing - Hayward CA, US

International Classification:

A47G 19/22
F25D 31/00

Abstract:

A portable air-conditioner system utilizing a removable pre-cooled beverage container is provided. The portable air conditioner system utilizing a removable pre-cooled beverage container has a hollow cylindrical housing having an internal thermal material wherein the housing has an open top end for receiving, for example, a removable standard aluminum 12 ounce can, glass, plastic bottle or the like. The housing has an internal pathway system which transports cooled air produced from the removable pre-cooled beverage container out toward the user with the aid of a fan located at the bottom of the housing. In an embodiment, the internal pathway is preferably spiral, but may also be serpentine or another suitable design. An electronic charging docking station may recharge the fan.