US Patent Issued to NIKE on Nov. 25 for "Article of footwear upper incorporating a textile component with tensile elements" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,137, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear upper incorporating a textile component with tensile elements" was invented by Olivier Henrichot (Tigard, Ore.), Bryant R. Klug (Beaverton, Ore.), Elizabeth Langvin (Sherwood, Ore.), Timothy K. Liles (Portland, Ore.), Adrian Meir (Portland, Ore.) and Nathan G. Schultze (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes a textile component. The textile component of the upper includes a textile element and a tensile element. The tensile element defines a first segment disposed on a first side of the upper. The first seg...