US Patent Issued to NIKE on Jan. 27 for "Sole structure for article of footwear" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,941, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole structure for article of footwear" was invented by Paul VanDomelen (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure includes a foam element extending from a forefoot region to a heel region. A lower surface of the foam element includes a recess formed in the forefoot region. The sole structure also includes a posterior cushioning arrangement extending along a peripheral region of the sole structure from a heel region to a mid-foot region, and an anterior cushioning arrangement disposed in the recess of the foam element. The anterior cushioning ...