ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,879, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Upper for article of footwear" was invented by Giovanni Adami (Montebelluna TV, Italy), Jeremy L. Connell (Hillsboro, Ore.), Timothy J. Smith (Portland, Ore.) and Thomas Marchesini (Verona, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper for an article of footwear includes a carcass layer including an interior liner defining an interior void of the upper and an exterior liner joined to the interior liner to define a plurality of resilient pads protruding from an exterior surface of the upper. In some examples, the upper includes an outer shell attached to the exterio...