US Patent Issued to NIKE on June 16 for "Bladder systems with closable fluid line and foot supports including such bladder systems" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,272, issued on June 16, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Bladder systems with closable fluid line and foot supports including such bladder systems" was invented by Devin Bailly (Portland, Ore.), Levi J. Patton (Portland, Ore.) and Eric A. Schmalzer (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bladder systems include a fluid line formed between layers of thermoplastic elastomer. The fluid line may include: (i) a first fluid line region extending in a direction away from a main interior bladder chamber, (ii) a second fluid line region extending from the first fluid line region and in the direction away from the main inte...