ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,682, issued on July 7, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Adaptive apparel with support control system" was invented by Timothy P. Hopkins (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Joe Gault (West Linn, Ore.), Bobby LeGaye (Portland, Ore.), Mark Bruce (Beaverton, Ore.), Peter Williams (Beaverton, Ore.) and Austin J. Orand (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of apparel providing dynamic support for an appendage of a person is discussed herein. The article of apparel can include a support garment control device configured to provide dynamic support. The support garment control device can include a control lace coupled to a s...