ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,239, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Sole structure for an article of footwear" was invented by Austin J. Orand (Portland, Ore.) and Richard Kristian Hansen (Newberg, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insole for an article of footwear can include a sheet comprising a plurality of domes that are spaced apart from one another and interconnected by a connecting portion of the sheet. The connecting portion extends between adjacent domes and around each dome. Each dome is deflectable from a first state where at least a peak of the dome protrudes in a first direction, away from the connecting portion and...