ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,929, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Garment with adaptive stand-off features" was invented by Karen A. Hawkinson (Portland, Ore.) and Joshua Patrick Williams (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects herein are directed to garments that incorporate adaptive stand-off structures in the form of fluid-filled bladders that transition from a first shape to a second shape when exposed to moisture in the form of, for example, perspiration. When the fluid-filled bladders are in the first shape, the fluid-filled bladders are generally planar with a surface plane of a textile layer forming the gar...