US Patent Issued to NIKE on Aug. 4 for "Footwear fluid-filled chamber having central tensile feature" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,955, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Footwear fluid-filled chamber having central tensile feature" was invented by DeVonne DeVoe (Hillsboro, Ore.), Benjamin J. Monfils (Portland, Ore.), Lee D. Peyton (Tigard, Ore.) and Danielle L. Taylor (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes a sole structure including a chamber for receiving a pressurized fluid, the chamber having a top portion, a bottom portion, and side portions around a periphery of the chamber. The sole structure also includes a central structure located in a central portion of the chamber between opposing si...