US Patent Issued to NIKE on March 3 for "Sole structures and articles of footwear having separate outsole and midsole components" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,248, issued on March 3, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole structures and articles of footwear having separate outsole and midsole components" was invented by John Cross (Portland, Ore.), Neil Crumbleholme (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Ryan R. Larson (Portland, Ore.), Tetsuya T. Minami (Portland, Ore.), Courtney M. Wright (Portland, Ore.), Sergio Cavaliere (Venice, Italy) and Roberto De Marchi (Treviso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Articles of footwear in accordance with some aspects of this technology include a simple construction that includes three main parts, with each made from a single material and fit together i...