US Patent Issued to NIKE on Sept. 30 for "Knitted article with raised structure and methods of manufacture" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,759, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Knitted article with raised structure and methods of manufacture" was invented by Ashleigh Brinkman (Beaverton, Ore.) and Juan L Aceves Tinajero (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knitted article having a first layer and a second layer is described. The first layer is formed from a first yarn having a first shrinkage rate and the second layer is formed by a second yarn having a second shrinkage rate. The shrinkage rate of the first yarn is greater than the shrinkage rate of the second yarn when subjected to heat. Upon heat exposure, the second laye...