US Patent Issued to NIKE on Sept. 1 for "Article of footwear including a heel stabilizing element" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,403, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NIKE INC. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear including a heel stabilizing element" was invented by Can Eldem (Portland, Ore.), Eric Fauble (Portland, Ore.), Althea R. Fyfe (Portland, Ore.) and David Nickless (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear, with an upper; a heel region including a posterior end of the article of footwear, a mid-foot region, a forefoot region including an anterior end of the article of footwear, a medial side, and a lateral side. A sole structure is coupled to the upper, having a midsole having an outer side surface. The midsole has a ...