US Patent Issued to NIKE on March 17 for "Sole structures and articles of footwear having separate and separable outsole and midsole components" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,643, issued on March 17, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole structures and articles of footwear having separate and separable outsole and midsole components" was invented by Gabriel T. Maselino (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Footwear and/or sole structures may include any one or more of: (a) a midsole component having one or more relatively large projections that extend into one or more corresponding openings in a midsole component (wherein the free end surface(s) of the large projection(s) may be siped); (b) a midsole component having one or more relatively small protrusions that extend into one or m...