US Patent Issued to NIKE on Sept. 30 for "Sole structure for article of footwear" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,680, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole structure for article of footwear" was invented by Scott C. Holt (Portland, Ore.) and Roger Paul Murphy (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a chassis having a first side defining a footbed and a second side disposed on an opposite side from the first side, a first bladder attached to the second side of the chassis and including at least one first chamber defining a first polar axis oriented in a first direction, and a second bladder attached to second side of the chassis and including at least ...