ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,811, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Apparel with dynamic vent structure" was invented by Daniel P. Morgan (Beaverton, Ore.), Kyle Schepke (Portland, Ore.) and Joshua Patrick Williams (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects herein are directed to an article of apparel having a vent opening formed by overlapping the edges of a first panel and a second panel. A plurality of discrete overlay film structures are applied to the second panel adjacent to the vent opening. When the article of apparel is exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo a reversible increase in dime...