US Patent Issued to NIKE on Nov. 3 for "Sole system for an article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a one-piece knit outsole and a tensile element" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,238, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole system for an article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a one-piece knit outsole and a tensile element" was invented by Tory M. Cross (Beaverton, Ore.) and Daniel A. Podhajny (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear including a sole system, including an upper and the sole system. The sole system includes a knitted component incorporating a one-piece knit outsole. The knit outsole has a ground-facing side, a top side, an inlaid tensile element, and a ground-engaging cleat member protruding from the ground-facing side...