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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Verispellis Skis & Snowboards, Inc., Wellesley, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ara Nazarian, Wellesley, MA (US);
Edward K. Rodriguez, Medfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
VERISPELLIS SKIS & SNOWBOARDS, INC., Wellesley, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/00 (2006.01); C22F 1/10 (2006.01); F03G 7/06 (2006.01); A01K 87/00 (2006.01); F41B 5/00 (2006.01); F41B 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/006 (2013.01); A01K 87/007 (2013.01); C22F 1/002 (2013.01); C22F 1/10 (2013.01); F03G 7/065 (2013.01); F41B 5/001 (2013.01); F41B 5/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for an athlete to variably control the flexibility and stiffness parameters of a piece of athletic equipment to select a desired performance characteristic of the equipment based on the stiffness parameter. According to certain embodiments discussed herein, an item of sporting equipment may be embedded, impregnated, lined, or encased using nitinol components, wherein the nitinol components may themselves be treated using a specific method in order to achieve the desired transformation results, as described below.