ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,195, issued on March 24, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Sole structure for article of footwear" was invented by Lai Wa C. Ho (Beaverton, Ore.), Jonathan Kosenick (Portland, Ore.) and Wil Sixour (Tigard, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes a sole structure having a chassis and a bladder. The chassis includes a cavity and a plurality of pillars extending into the cavity. The bladder is disposed within the cavity and includes one or more chambers. Each of one or more chambers is supported by at least one of the pillars. The chassis may include a first plurality of the pillars extending fro...