US Patent Issued to NIKE on Feb. 17 for "Cushioning member for article of footwear and method of making" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,974, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Cushioning member for article of footwear and method of making" was invented by John Hurd (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Tetsuya T. Minami (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a cushioning member is provided. The method includes forming a first barrier member from a first material, the first barrier member including a first compartment and a second compartment. The method further includes forming a second barrier member from a second material different than the first material. The first compartment is provided with a first quantity of particul...