ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,392, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Sole structure for article of footwear" was invented by Jeremy L. Connell (Portland, Ore.), Karen S. Dimoff (Portland, Ore.), Stefan E. Guest (Portland, Ore.), Charlie Keller (Beaverton, Ore.), Troy C. Lindner (Portland, Ore.), Geng Luo (Portland, Ore.), Tetsuya T. Minami (Portland, Ore.), Jonathan Rasca (Beaverton, Ore.) and Adam Thuss (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a first plate having a first surface. The first plate includes a forefoot region at an anterior end, a heel region at a posterior en...