Most people trust their lives and health to sports equipment of some kind, whether it’s bicycle safety gear, padding for a contact sport, ski bindings, or gym apparati. Individual consumers spend significant money on them, and recreation-focused businesses spend even more.
Recreational equipment is a crowded and challenging space for an inventor to begin with. Safety concerns, the number of foreign patent holders, and the prevalence of foreign and domestic patent infringers (often makers of knockoff products) only add to the complexity. If you think producing and marketing your invention is tough and expensive now, try doing it without securing your intellectual property.
I can help. I’ve secured patents for a variety of sports equipment inventions, including a device that allows skiers to maneuver their skis while seated (without changing their boots or bindings), and a time trial bicycle with a more-aerodynamic braking system, for example.
Do you have a sports equipment invention you’d like to protect? Contact me, James Yang, for a consultation. As an Orange County-based patent attorney since 2004 and an engineer before then, I can help. I work with inventors throughout Orange County, Los Angeles County, and throughout California and the US, and am confident I can help you to patent your invention. You can schedule a free initial consultation now.