ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,128, issued on June 17, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Apparel having sensor system" was invented by Tina M. Casillas (Portland, Ore.), James C. Meschter (Portland, Ore.) and Richard L. Watkins (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An athletic performance monitoring system includes an article of apparel having a upper body portion and a lower body portion, a sensor system configured to sense a movement of the user and including an upper body sensor connected to the upper body portion, a lower body sensor connected to the lower body portion, at least one port in communication with the sensors, and a plurality o...