ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,885, issued on May 19, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Apparel with controllable displacement system" was invented by Steven H. Walker (Camas, Wash.), Iustinia Koshkaroff (Portland, Ore.), Daniel Stuart (Beaverton, Ore.), Eun Kyung Lee (Beaverton, Ore.), Christopher Andon (Portland, Ore.) and Nina Yashkova (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support garment can include a textile layer forming a supportive region and configured to adjustably permit or inhibit displacement of a body part of the wearer that is positioned adjacent or proximate the supportive region. The garment can include an electroadhesive cl...