US Patent Issued to NIKE on April 21 for "Bladders, footwear uppers including bladders, and articles of footwear including bladders providing arch support or other foot support" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,947, issued on April 21, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Bladders, footwear uppers including bladders, and articles of footwear including bladders providing arch support or other foot support" was invented by Patrick R. Case (Portland, Ore.), Yoon Jeong Choi (Portland, Ore.), James Molyneux (Portland, Ore.), Colin Runkle (Portland, Ore.) and Bryan K. Youngs (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bladders for footwear uppers, footwear uppers including the bladders, articles of footwear including the bladders, and/or methods of making and using such bladders are described. At least one bladder chamber is provide...