US Patent Issued to NIKE on March 31 for "Recyclable footwear article" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,738, issued on March 31, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Recyclable footwear article" was invented by Sean Lu (Beaverton, Ore.), JoseLuis Mariscal (Portland, Ore.), Darryl Matthews (Portland, Ore.), William Moroski (Portland, Ore.), Danielle L. Taylor (Beaverton, Ore.) and Yukiko Toyoda (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to recyclable footwear. Components of an article of footwear-e.g., an upper and a sole-may be secured to one another using one or more cables. The article of footwear may also comprise a heel counter and/or toe cap, which may serve as anchor points for the one or mor...