US Patent Issued to NIKE on June 9 for "Sole structure for article of footwear" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,616, issued on June 9, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole structure for article of footwear" was invented by Leo S. Chang (Portland, Ore.), Jeremy L. Connell (Hillsboro, Ore.), Karen S. Dimoff (Portland, Ore.), Thea Moshofsky (Beaverton, Ore.) and Rachel M. Savage (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a first cushioning member extending continuously from an anterior end of the sole structure to a posterior end of the sole structure. The first cushioning member includes an upper side, a bottom side formed on an opposite side from the upper side, and a recess...