ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,962, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Deconstructable footwear article" was invented by Sean Lu (Beaverton, Ore.), Joseluis Mariscal (Portland, Ore.), Darryl Matthews (Portland, Ore.), William Moroski (Portland, Ore.), Danielle L. Taylor (Beaverton, Ore.) and Yukiko Toyoda (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to recyclable footwear. Components of an article of footwear-e.g., an upper and a sole-may be secured to one another using one or more cables. The article of footwear may comprise a spacer knit that may cushion a wearer's foot from the one or more cables. The articl...