ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,794, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Textiles and methods of making the same" was invented by Eduardo Alberto Gonzalez de los Santo (Beaverton, Ore.), David M. Litton (Portland, Ore.), Romesh Patel (Beaverton, Ore.), Christopher J. Ranalli (Portland, Ore.) and Joshua Patrick Williams (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects disclosed relate to structure such as a textile, a garment, a garment component, footwear, or a footwear component. The present disclosure includes the structure having a first region having one of more first fibers. An individual first fiber includes co-extrude...