ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,060, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Auxetic article" was invented by Tom O'Haire (Nuremberg, Germany) and Martha Rachel Glazzard (Nottingham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to a knitted textile for an article of apparel or footwear having (a) a first portion, which is auxetic; (b) a second portion, which is non-auxetic, and wherein the second portion is adjacent to the first portion."
The patent was filed on June 30, 2021, under Application No. 17/364,524.
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