US Patent Issued to NIKE on March 24 for "Mechanical control systems and methods for adaptive apparel" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,174, issued on March 24, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Mechanical control systems and methods for adaptive apparel" was invented by Timothy P. Hopkins (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Joe Gault (West Linn, Ore.), Bobby LeGaye (Portland, Ore.), Mark Bruce (Beaverton, Ore.), Peter Williams (Beaverton, Ore.) and Austin J. Orand (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for controlling tension applied to a lace cable coupled to a support structure of an adaptive support garment is discussed herein. The control system can include a lace spool, a damper mechanism, and a locking ring. The lace spool can include a ...