US Patent Issued to NIKE on Sept. 8 for "Layered thumbhole structure" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,635, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Layered thumbhole structure" was invented by Stewart D. Horner (Portland, Ore.), Iustinia Koshkaroff (Portland, Ore.), Matthew D. Nordstrom (Portland, Ore.) and Michelle L. Feazell (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleeve cuff is provided for a sleeve having an anterior patch affixed to the sleeve and covering at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, a distal strap affixed to the sleeve and spanning over at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, and the distal strap overlapping at least a portion of the anterior patch to form an aperture for...