ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,699, issued on July 7, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Adjustment system for article of footwear" was invented by Austin J. Orand (Portland, Ore.), Yen-Lin Lee (Taichung City, Taiwan), To-Chun Lin (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chih-Ta Chien (Meishan Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan), Richard Kristian Hansen (Vancouver, Wash.), Chia-Chi Lin (Zhuqi Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan) and Kimberly A. Sokol (Vancouver, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment system for an article of footwear includes a body attached to an outer surface of the article of footwear and including a plurality of segments cooperating to define a...