US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 7 for "Article of footwear with dynamic support" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,690, issued on July 7, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear with dynamic support" was invented by Thomas J. Rushbrook (Portland, Ore.), Tiffany A. Beers (Portland, Ore.) and Nathan T Gilbreath (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear with a dynamic support system that controls arrays of tiles in the upper of the footwear to adjust the level of support provided in different regions of the upper. Sensors in the sole of the footwear, in the upper of the footwear and/or in an article worn by the wearer of the footwear measure the level of stress or other characteristics and provide...