ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,663, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Tensioning system for article of footwear" was invented by Lindsey K. Andreasen (Beaverton, Ore.), YongSeon Lee (Hochiminh, Viet Nam), Austin J. Orand (Portland, Ore.) and Jessica Small (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes an upper and a cable lock disposed adjacent to an exterior surface of the upper. The cable lock is separated from the exterior surface of the upper by a space. The article of footwear also includes a cable having a first portion routed through the cable lock and a second portion routed through the space b...