ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,168, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Warp knit component with weft inlays" was invented by Eun Kyung Lee (Beaverton, Ore.), Pomin Chang (Hemei Township, Taiwan) and Huihuang Huang (Hemei Township, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warp knit component that includes a first front weft inlaid yarn that extends through one or more loops in a first warp knit course, and after extending through the one or more loops, the first front weft inlaid yarn extends as a float positioned on a technical face or front side of the warp knit component. After extending as the float, the first front weft inlaid yarn...