ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,845, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Apparel item with integrated lighting system" was invented by Jorge E. Carbo Jr. (Aloha, Ore.), Kimberly R. Fisher (Beaverton, Ore.), Alice Fockele (Portland, Ore.), Iustinia Koshkaroff (Portland, Ore.), Amir H. Morgan (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Luke A. Pezzimenti (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects herein are directed to an apparel item having an integrated lighting system and method of forming the apparel item having the integrated lighting system. The integrated lighting system comprises a power supply unit affixed to the apparel item, one or more...