US Patent Issued to NIKE on Oct. 21 for "Fluid distributors and foot support systems including fluid movement controllers and adjustable foot support pressure" (Washington, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,660, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Fluid distributors and foot support systems including fluid movement controllers and adjustable foot support pressure" was invented by Stepan Ryabinin (Vancouver, Wash.), Narissa Y. Chang (Portland, Ore.), Remy Pieron (Portland, Ore.), Adam Vollmer (Portland, Ore.), Michael Allison (Ridgefield, Wash.), Michael Fairchild (Vancouver, Wash.), John Geile (Vancouver, Wash.), Ethan Vella (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Daniel Weeks (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Foot support systems include a first foot support bladder, a fluid tank, and a fluid distributor. The ...