ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,271, issued on June 16, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Airbag for article of footwear" was invented by Can Eldem (Portland, Ore.), Wade Flanagan (Portland, Ore.), Craig Fredrick (Portland, Ore.), Ryan Nyberg (Portland, Ore.) and Jessica Small (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bladder for an article of footwear includes a chamber having (i) an arcuate segment extending from a first transition to a second transition, (ii) a first plurality of elongate segments extending in a first direction from the first transition to a first terminal end, and (iii) a second plurality of elongate segments spaced apart fro...