US Patent Issued to NIKE on May 12 for "Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with an integral knit ankle cuff" (Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,481, issued on May 12, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with an integral knit ankle cuff" was invented by Denis Dekovic (Portland, Ore.), John Droege (Portland, Ore.), Windra Fahmi (Beaverton, Ore.), Jeongwoo Lee (Portland, Ore.), Daniel A. Podhajny (San Jose, Calif.), Karl Seamarks (Portland, Ore.) and Doug D. Wilken (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear with a knitted component including an upper and an integral knit ankle cuff is provided. The upper and the ankle cuff are formed as a one-piece knit element. The knit element forms a p...