US Patent Issued to NIKE on June 9 for "Footwear article having repurposed material with concealing layer" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,620, issued on June 9, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Footwear article having repurposed material with concealing layer" was invented by Kim Kovel (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In example aspects, materials are repurposed for article manufacturing. That is, in some instances, materials in the manufacturing supply chain are potentially subject to disposal. However, aspects of this disclosure sustainably repurpose those materials (that might otherwise be disposed of) to be used in articles. In some aspects, the repurposed materials may be obscured with a concealing layer."

The patent was filed on Oct. 10...