US Patent Issued to NIKE on May 19 for "Sole structure for article of footwear" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,906, issued on May 19, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole structure for article of footwear" was invented by Jordan M. Brooks (Portland, Ore.), Cassidy R. Levy (West Linn, Ore.) and Philip Woodman (Treviso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper includes a cushion member and a chassis. The cushion member includes a first series of lobes alternating with a first series of recesses along a length of the cushion member. The first series of lobes and the first series of recesses extend along one of a medial side of the sole structure and a lateral side of the sole s...