US Patent Issued to NIKE on April 22 for "Articles of footwear with upper incorporating chamber element" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,674, issued on April 22, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Articles of footwear with upper incorporating chamber element" was invented by Douglas A. Beye (Beaverton, Ore.) and Eric Joseph Marshall (Tualatin, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear may include an upper with an outer layer, an inner layer, and a chamber element positioned at least partially between the outer layer and the upper layer. The chamber element may be formed of two layers of a transparent colored polymer material and may be sealed to enclose a fluid. The chamber element may also have a plurality of subchambers. The outer layer ma...