ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,028, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Sustainable footwear article" was invented by Juan L. Aceves Tinajero (Beaverton, Ore.), Samuel L. Bartys (London), Michele Galasso (Portland, Ore.), Rosa H. Kim (Beaverton, Ore.), Darryl Matthews (Portland, Ore.), Shamees Mohamed (Portland, Ore.), William Moroski (Portland, Ore.), Yukiko Toyoda (Portland, Ore.) and Yang Zhao (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Articles of footwear for sustainable systems are disclosed herein. A modular article of footwear includes a knitted upper component and a midsole component that are removably secured together. Som...