ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,909, issued on May 19, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Sole structure for a deconstructable footwear article" was invented by Sean Lu (Beaverton, Ore.), Darryl Matthews (Portland, Ore.), William Moroski (Portland, Ore.) and Danielle L. Taylor (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a sole structure for an article of footwear. Components of the sole structure-e.g., a midsole core, a midsole carrier, and an outsole-may be secured to one another using one or more cables. The sole structure may likewise be secured to other elements of the article of footwear using the one or more cables. Th...