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. 12,426,683, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Sole structure for article of footwear" was invented by Fidencio Campos II (Dallas, Ore.) and Kristina Gerig (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bladder for an article of footwear includes a first chamber having a first segment extending along a first side of the bladder and a second segment formed on an opposite side of the bladder from the first segment. The bladder further includes a second chamber at least partially surrounded by the first chamber and disposed between the first segment and the second segment. A manifold is in direct fluid communi...