ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,187, issued on April 14, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Article with adaptive ventilation" was invented by Grant H. Simmons (Portland, Ore.) and Patrick Williams (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects herein are directed to articles with adaptive ventilation. The article has one or more flaps that open and close in response to the presence or absence of an external stimulus such as, for example, moisture. The one or more flaps remain closed in the absence of the external stimulus and open in the presence of the external stimulus thereby increasing or decreasing ventilation between an interior cavity of...