US Patent Issued to NIKE on Nov. 18 for "Sole structure having a fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,670, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole structure having a fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear" was invented by Jason G. Petrie (Portland, Ore.) and Gregory Scott (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid-filled chamber includes a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer. The first barrier layer and the second barrier layer cooperating with each other to define an interior void that is asymmetric about a longitudinal axis of the fluid-filled chamber. The interior void includes a first thickness measured in a first direction between the first barrier layer and the secon...