ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,729, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Fluid-filled chamber with stitched tensile member" was invented by Jay A. Kodad (Newberg, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chamber for receiving a pressurized fluid may include a tensile member extending between a first chamber barrier layer and a second chamber barrier layer and including a plurality of tethers extending between the first tensile member layer and the second tensile member layer. The chamber may include stitching through the tensile member in a stitched region. When the chamber is pressurized with the pressurized fluid, a substantial majority...