US Patent Issued to NIKE on June 9 for "Systems and methods for manufacturing articles of footwear including a sole structure" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,619, issued on June 9, was assigned to NIKE INC. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Systems and methods for manufacturing articles of footwear including a sole structure" was invented by Nancy D. Eisenmenger (Portland, Ore.), Travis K. Ernst (Portland, Ore.), Ken Fricke (Beaverton, Ore.), Javier Garcia (Beaverton, Ore.), Matthew McClellan (Beaverton, Ore.) and Armando Petitjean (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a cushioning element. The method including placing a first sheet adjacent to an outer surface of a first mold portion, the first mold portion including a first mold cavity. The method including pressing a por...