US Patent Issued to NIKE on Feb. 3 for "Methods for providing heat to articles using heated formable media" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,660, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Methods for providing heat to articles using heated formable media" was invented by Mirko Bianconi (Verona, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing heat to a three-dimensional article are disclosed. The method can include inserting at least a portion of the article over a form. The method can further include inserting the form and article at least partially within an article container and moving the form and article into engagement with a flexible membrane where the membrane and the article container form an airtight chamber. The method...