ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,806, issued on March 25, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Lacing architecture for automated footwear platform" was invented by Eric P. Avar (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Fanny Yung Ho (Portland, Ore.), Daniel A. Johnson (Portland, Ore.), Peter R. Savage (Aloha, Ore.) and Summer L. Schneider (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and apparatus related to an automated footwear platform including an actuator assembly for controlling a footwear lacing apparatus are discussed. In an example, an Lacing architectures for automated footwear assemblies are discussed. In an example, a footwear assembly can include a float...