ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,233, issued on June 17, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Composite plate for an article of footwear" was invented by Aaron Bartel (Beaverton, Ore.), Sam Lacey (Portland, Ore.) and Christian Alexander Steinbeck (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stitched article includes a substrate and a first strand portion formed from a bundle of fibers. The substrate has a first region and a second region. The first strand portion is attached to the substrate in the first region and in the second region via a series of stitches formed with a thread and forms a first layer on the substrate. The article has a first concent...