ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,883, issued on June 23, was assigned to NIKE INC. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Article of footwear including a heel stabilizing element" was invented by Richard August Benzien (Portland, Ore.), Stephan Hausmann (Happy Valley, Ore.), Evan W. Jones (Portland, Ore.), Christopher J. Lyke (Portland, Ore.), Gowoon Park (Beaverton, Ore.), Dylan Petrenka (Beaverton, Ore.), DePaul Williams (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Minuk You (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear with a heel region including a posterior end of the article of footwear, a mid-foot region, and a forefoot region including an anterior end of the article of footwe...