ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,395, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Footwear midsole and method of manufacturing with embroidery machine" was invented by Fanny Yung Ho (Portland, Ore.) and Guillermo Raffaele (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a midsole for an article of footwear includes cutting a pattern of openings at least partway through a midsole with a cutting tool driven by an embroidery machine. An article of footwear includes a midsole defining a pattern of openings extending at least partway through the midsole. An inner surface of the midsole is contoured and the midsole includes upw...