ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,370, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Vacuum transform upper for article of footwear" was invented by Jennifer L. Bishop (Portland, Ore.), Timothy P. Hopkins (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Viviane Labelle (Portland, Ore.), Nicholas R. Long (Portland, Ore.), Todd W. Miller (Portland, Ore.), Nadia M. Panian (Beaverton, Ore.) and Aaron K. Seid (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment element for an article of footwear includes a bladder having a barrier layer defining an interior void and a compressible component disposed within the interior void and including a lattice structure defining a plural...