US Patent Issued to NIKE on Feb. 18 for "Article of footwear with removable cover layers and method of manufacturing an article of footwear" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,976, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear with removable cover layers and method of manufacturing an article of footwear" was invented by Francesca Capone (Portland, Ore.), Arielle Ebenholtz (Beaverton, Ore.), S H Park (Portland, Ore.), Elodie Richez (Portland, Ore.) and Tim S. Schulze (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear may include an upper that has a plurality of discrete sections secured to one another. Each discrete section may include a base layer and a cover layer. Each cover layer may be secured to and may cover the outer side of a corresponding...