US Patent Issued to NIKE on Nov. 18 for "Sole structure with proprioceptive elements and method of manufacturing a sole structure" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,672, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole structure with proprioceptive elements and method of manufacturing a sole structure" was invented by Yuchung K. Chen (Portland, Ore.), Oliver McLachlan (Beaverton, Ore.), Thomas J. Rushbrook (Portland, Ore.) and Timothy J. Smith (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes perforating a midsole body of a sole structure to form perforations through the midsole body, wherein the midsole body has perforated holes established by the perforations. The method includes disposing each of a plurality of propr...