US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 8 for "Upper for an article of footwear with first and second knitted portions" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,759, issued on July 8, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Upper for an article of footwear with first and second knitted portions" was invented by Stuart W. Dealey (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper may include a first knitted portion configured to form an outer surface of the upper, a second knitted portion configured to form an inner surface of the upper, where the second knitted portion is at least partially coextensive with the first knitted portion, an interstitial space between the first knitted portion and the second knitted portion, and a knitted connection structure connecting the first knitted...