US Patent Issued to NIKE on May 26 for "Article of apparel including a bladder" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,739, issued on May 26, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of apparel including a bladder" was invented by Tina M. Casillas (Portland, Ore.), Risha Dupre (Tigard, Ore.), Sam Lacey (Portland, Ore.), Bridget J. Munro (Portland, Ore.), Austin J. Orand (Portland, Ore.), Nadia M. Panian (Beaverton, Ore.), Adam Parkinson (Beaverton, Ore.), Nicola J. Reynolds (Hillsboro, Ore.), Victoria Rind (Beaverton, Ore.), Jeffrey C. Spanks (Portland, Ore.), Simon Quay (Portland, Ore.) and Kimberly A. Sokol (Vancouver, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of apparel includes a bladder including an interior void, a compressibl...