US Patent Issued to NIKE on Sept. 23 for "Article of footwear including an integrated stability member" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,385, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Article of footwear including an integrated stability member" was invented by Vu Luu (Beaverton, Ore.), Kelly A. O'Connor (Beaverton, Ore.) and Evan Perkins (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure having an outsole. The outsole having a forefoot region; a mid-foot region; a heel region; an outsole base having an upper surface and a bottom surface; a first stabilization element extending from the outsole base past the upper surface, in a direction from the bottom surface towards the upper surface; and a second stabilization element extendin...