US Patent Issued to LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA on Oct. 21 for "Upper for article of footwear incorporating a knitted butterfly workpiece" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,650, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Upper for article of footwear incorporating a knitted butterfly workpiece" was invented by Samuel Scott Rathburn (Portland, Ore.), Kathryn Carey Fleming (Portland, Ore.) and Mark Francis Murphy (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear incorporating an upper formed by a forefoot component, a knitted workpiece, and a heel component is described. Each of the forefoot component, the knitted workpiece, and the heel component are separate from each other and joined along connection areas. Reinforcement elements cover t...