ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,605, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Flexible fluid-filled chamber with tensile member" was invented by John Hurd (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Levi J. Patton (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear having a sole structure including a chamber for receiving a pressurized fluid is described, along with a method of making the article. The chamber may include a tensile member extending between a first chamber barrier layer and a second chamber barrier layer. The tensile member may include a first tensile member layer bonded to the first chamber barrier layer, a second tensile mem...