US Patent Issued to NIKE on Dec. 2 for "Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a tongue" (Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,600, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a tongue" was invented by Bhupesh Dua (Portland, Ore.), Daniel A. Podhajny (Beaverton, Ore.), Benjamin A. Shaffer (Sarasota, Calif.), Daren P Tatler (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Bruce Huffa (Encino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an upper for an article of footwear. The upper may include a knit element defining a portion of at least one of an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper. An inlaid strand may extend through the knit element, and a ...