ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,170, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Lighting assembly for articles of footwear" was invented by Tiffany A. Beers (Portland, Ore.) and Andrew A. Owings (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear can include provisions for facilitating the installation of various components such as a lighting apparatus. During manufacture of the article of footwear, the upper and/or sole structure can include a chamber designed to receive the lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus can be installed in the chamber after manufacture of the article of footwear. In some cases, the lighting app...