ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,636, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Knit apparel with integral airflow and standoff zones" was invented by Josue Diaz (Portland, Ore.), Andrea J. Staub (Portland, Ore.) and Michael Tanios (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Knit apparel formed using knitted structures and yarn content to create zonal properties provided. In aspects, garments, such as lower-body garments, have gradient missed-stitch structures creating protrusions on the external surface of the garment. Each gradient missed-stitch structure has at least a first missed-stitch segment and a second missed-stitch segment. The...