US Patent Issued to NIKE on Sept. 8 for "Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,465, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component" was invented by Adrian Meir (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an article. The article may include a first tubular rib structure and a second tubular rib structure. A webbed area may be located between the first tubular rib structure and the second tubular rib structure. The webbed area may have a first portion with a first width and a second portion with a second width, where the first width may be larger than the second width. The webbed area may be at least partial...