US Patent Issued to NIKE on Feb. 3 for "Adjustable foot support systems including fluid-filled bladder chambers" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,961, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Adjustable foot support systems including fluid-filled bladder chambers" was invented by Olivier Henrichot (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Timothy P. Hopkins (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Elizabeth Langvin (Sherwood, Ore.), Austin Orand (Portland, Ore.) and Levi J. Patton (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Foot support systems, e.g., for articles of footwear, include systems for changing the hardness or firmness of the foot support portion (e.g., of a sole structure) and/or systems for moving (e.g., selectively moving) fluid between various portions of the foot support syste...