US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 7 for "Fastener clamp for attachment to textiles" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,681, issued on July 7, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Fastener clamp for attachment to textiles" was invented by Baron C. Brandt (Portland, Ore.), Amy L. Toth (Portland, Ore.) and Tara Pennington (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application is related to a clamp that can provide, for an associated fastener (e.g., hook and receiver or other male/female style fastener), a robust connection to a textile (e.g., a strap or other textile portion that is releasably attachable to another textile portion). For example, the fastener can include a first connector (e.g., hook) for releasably mating with a corresp...