US Patent Issued to NIKE on April 14 for "Device for an article of footwear including a frame with a footwear plate" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,196, issued on April 14, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Device for an article of footwear including a frame with a footwear plate" was invented by Austin J. Orand (Portland, Ore.), Jan Raken (Seattle), Aaron K. Seid (Portland, Ore.), Richard Kristian Hansen (Vancouver, Wash.) and Kimberly A. Sokol (Vancouver, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for an article of footwear includes a frame that has a footwear plate and an arced shield. The footwear plate is configured to extend at least partially along and under a sole of a wearer's foot. The arced shield is integral with the footwear plate and configured to e...