US Patent Issued to NIKE on June 2 for "Footwear having motorized adjustment system and removable midsole" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,332, issued on June 2, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Footwear having motorized adjustment system and removable midsole" was invented by Thomas J. Rushbrook (Portland, Ore.) and Tiffany A. Beers (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear may include an upper configured to receive a foot of a wearer and a sole structure fixedly attached to the upper, the sole structure including a ground-contacting outer member and a removable midsole. The footwear may further include a motorized tensioning system including a power source, a control unit, a tensile member, and a motorized tightening device, the...