ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,690, issued on July 29, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Integrated manual pump for article of footwear" was invented by Jennifer L. Bishop (Portland, Ore.), Timothy P. Hopkins (Tustin, Calif.), Nicholas R. Long (Portland, Ore.), Todd W. Miller (Portland, Ore.), Nadia M. Panian (Beaverton, Ore.), Aaron K. Seid (Portland, Ore.) and Richard Kristian Hansen (Vancouver, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes an upper having a chamber, a sole structure including a recess forming a cavity, and a pump device disposed within the cavity, in fluid communication with the chamber, and operable to move t...