ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,827, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Article of footwear with a knitted component" was invented by Roberto Zavala (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects herein are directed to, among other things, a knitted component for an article of footwear. The knitted component includes a first knit layer having openings exposing portions of a second knit layer. The first and second knit layers may have different yarn with different properties, such as different colors. On at least one side of the opening, the first knit layer may overlay and be separable from the second knit layer such that a poc...