ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,776, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Tool for design and fabrication of knitted components" was invented by Ayelet Karmon (Tel Aviv, Israel), Shoval Nir (Tel Aviv, Israel), Tom Shaked (Tel Aviv, Israel), Eyal Sheffer (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Yoav Sterman (Ramat Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer based systems and methods for designing and manufacturing consumer products, including knit footwear uppers, and the like. The system simulates deformations of knit structures and allows the user to control and visualize compensations in the structure(s) of the knitted component to better match ...