ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,404, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Nonwoven textile for footwear with entangled folded edge" was invented by Bhupesh Dua (Portland, Ore.) and Pamela S. Greene (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article and method includes a nonwoven textile forming at least part of an upper of an article of footwear and binding fibers entangled with fibers of the folded portion and the major portion, the edge being secured, at least in part, to the major surface. The nonwoven textile is comprised of fibers and has a major portion and a folded portion, the folded portion including an edge of the nonwov...