US Patent Issued to NIKE on March 24 for "Article of footwear including a sole structure" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,196, issued on March 24, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear including a sole structure" was invented by Giorgio Anceresi (Portland, Ore.), Fidencio Campos II (Dallas, Ore.) and Roger P. Murphy (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure having a lateral side and a medial side opposite the lateral side. The sole structure has an outsole layer, a first support element including first recesses, a second support element coupled to the outsole layer and including second recesses, and a cushioning element disposed between the first support element and the second support element. The cushi...