US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 29 for "Foot support systems including fluid movement controllers and adjustable foot support pressure" (Washington, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,688, issued on July 29, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Foot support systems including fluid movement controllers and adjustable foot support pressure" was invented by Stepan Ryabinin (Vancouver, Wash.), Narissa Y. Chang (Portland, Ore.), Remy Pieron (Portland, Ore.), Adam Vollmer (Portland, Ore.), Michael Allison (Ridgefield, Wash.), Michael Fairchild (Vancouver, Wash.), Ethan Vella (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Daniel Weeks (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Foot support systems include a fluid flow control system that facilitates movement of fluid into, out of, and/or within a sole structure and/or article of f...