US Patent Issued to NIKE on May 27 for "Footwear and sole structure assemblies with split midsoles having peripheral walls for lateral stability" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,446, issued on May 27, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Footwear and sole structure assemblies with split midsoles having peripheral walls for lateral stability" was invented by Ross Klein (Portland, Ore.), Kort W. Neumann IV (Portland, Ore.) and Bryan K. Youngs (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are footwear sole structures with split midsole designs having peripheral walls for lateral stability, footwear fabricated with such sole structures, and methods for making/using such footwear and/or sole structures. A sole structure for an article of footwear includes mating first and second midsole secti...