ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,244, issued on June 17, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Deformable lace guides for automated footwear platform" was invented by Summer L. Schneider (Beaverton, Ore.), Narissa Chang (Portland, Ore.), Daniel A. Johnson (Portland, Ore.), Peter R. Savage (Aloha, Ore.), Travis J. Berrian (Beaverton, Ore.), Fanny Yung Ho (Portland, Ore.), Eric P. Avar (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Elizabeth A. Kilgore (Portland, Ore.) and Katelyn Ricciardi (Hillsboro, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and apparatus related to footwear including a modular lacing engine are discussed. In this example, the lace guide is deformable to assist in ...