ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,761, issued on July 8, was assigned to NIKE INC. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Article of footwear having a sole structure" was invented by Lindsey Kirsten Andreasen (Beaverton, Ore.), Nathan Durflinger (Beaverton, Ore.), Eric Fauble (Portland, Ore.), Jun Peng (Portland, Ore.), Evan Perkins (Portland, Ore.) and Jessica Small (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure for an article of footwear including a forefoot region disposed adjacent an anterior end, a heel region disposed adjacent a posterior end, a bottom cushion extending from the heel region to the forefoot region, a heel cushion coupled to a top surface of the bot...