ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,783, issued on April 1, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Multi-layered films for use in airbags and footwear" was invented by Diya Bandyopadhyay (Portland, Ore.), Narayanan Ashwin Kumar Bharadwaj (Hillsboro, Ore.), Yihua Chang (Portland, Ore.), Christopher J. Dimitriou (Portland, Ore.), Nancy D. Eisenmenger (Portland, Ore.), Sharon Oba (Beaverton, Ore.) and Richard L. Watkins (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Airsoles or bladders for articles of footwear comprising multi-layered films are provided herein. In one aspect, the airsoles or bladders comprise a first sheet and a second sheet, wherein a first side ...