IP Library Granted Patent US 10,945,485
Granted Patent B2
US 10,945,485 · App. 13/666,660 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Heeling apparatus

Inventor: Ryan D. Wills (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee: HEELING SPORTS LIMITED
A43B3/246A43B5/1641
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Patent No.
US 10,945,485
App. No.
13/666,660
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a heeling apparatus including an inner shell and an outer shell. The outer shell is configured to interlock with the inner shell. In one embodiment, the inner shell includes a plurality of protrusions configured to interlock with receiving apertures in the outer shell. In one embodiment, the inner shell includes a cavity configured to receive a removable bracket. The bracket includes a mounting assembly configured to receive a wheel assembly. The bracket is held in place by the interlocked relationship of the inner shell and the outer shell.

Claims (19)

1. A heeling apparatus comprising:

an inner shell defining a cavity at a bottom side thereof, the cavity being located in a heel section of the heeling apparatus;

an outer shell configured to interlock with the inner shell; and

a removable bracket configured to be received by the cavity of the inner shell and held in place by the outer shell, wherein the removable bracket includes a mounting assembly configured to receive a wheel assembly, the removable bracket further having the wheel assembly mounted therein,

wherein the heeling apparatus includes a brake pad that is removably mounted in the heeling apparatus between the inner shell and the outer shell so that a portion of the brake pad is in contact with both the inner shell and the outer shell,

wherein the brake pad is engaged by the removable bracket such that brake pad extensions from the brake pad are positioned to extend downward and outward through respective brake pad openings in the outer shell.

2. The heeling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inner shell includes at least one protrusion and the outer shell includes at least one receiving aperture.

3. The heeling apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one receiving aperture is configured to interlock with the at least one protrusion.

4. The heeling apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one protrusion includes one or more protrusions located at a heel of the inner shell.

5. The heeling apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the at least one protrusion includes a protrusion located around an Achilles area of the inner shell.

6. The heeling apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the outer shell includes a heel strap and the at least one receiving aperture, is defined by the heel strap and is configured to receive the at least one protrusion located at the Achilles area of the inner shell.

7. The heeling apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one protrusion includes a plurality of protrusions located at a sole of the inner shell.

8. The heeling apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of protrusions at the sole of the inner shell are configured to interlock with a plurality of respective receiving apertures at a sole of the outer shell.

9. The heeling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inner shell or the outer shell includes at least one ventilation opening.

10. The heeling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wheel assembly is removable and is configured to be removed from the heeling apparatus mounting assembly without removal of the removable bracket.

11. The heeling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the removable bracket includes a plurality of vertical ribs.

12. The heeling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cavity is reconfigurable with one of the removable bracket or a plug.

13. The heeling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the removable bracket is removable from the cavity downward, from the bottom side of the inner shell.

14. The heeling apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a shoe configuration wherein the removable bracket is not seated in the cavity of the inner shell and at least one additional configuration wherein the removable bracket is seated in the cavity of the inner shell.

Assignments (9)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2021
From: BBC INTERNATIONAL LLC, AS GRANTOR
To: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 056631/0633 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: HEELING SPORTS LIMITED
To: BBC INTERNATIONAL LLC
Reel/Frame 056081/0824 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: HEELING SPORTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056023/0240 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Aug 21, 2014
From: PATHLIGHT CAPITAL, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: HEELING SPORTS LIMITED; SBG REVO HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 033577/0979 →
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN UNITED STATES PATENTS Recorded Aug 21, 2014
From: HEELING SPORTS LIMITED; SBG REVO HOLDINGS, LLC; THE BASKETBALL MARKETING COMPANY, INC.; AMERICAN SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION; SBG FM, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 033578/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2014
From: HEELING SPORTS LIMITED; SBG REVO HOLDINGS, LLC; SBG FM, LLC; AMERICAN SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION; THE BASKETBALL MARKETING COMPANY, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 033549/0464 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 28, 2013
From: HEELING SPORTS LIMITED
To: PATHLIGHT CAPITAL, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 030111/0769 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 28, 2013
From: HEELING SPORTS LIMITED
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 030111/0501 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2012
From: WILLS, RYAN D.
To: HEELING SPORTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029289/0903 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61679445 · Aug 3, 2012
Related Publication 20140033573A1 · Feb 6, 2014
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