US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 8 for "Spraying system for footwear" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,769, issued on July 8, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Spraying system for footwear" was invented by Hyun Tae Ahn (Jung-gu Seoul, South Korea), TaeSoo Ha (Busan, South Korea), Won Seok Kang (Busan, South Korea), Jae Eik Koo (Busan, South Korea), Sang Hee Lee (Busan, South Korea), Daeyoung Park (Gimhae-si, South Korea), John J. Park (Busan, South Korea) and SungChul Park (Gimhae-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The manufacturing of footwear includes the joining of components. The joining may be accomplished with adhesive. The adhesive, such as a polyurethane, is applied as a single-sided adhesive to a footwe...