US Patent Issued to Under Armour on April 22 for "Article with ribbon structure having nodes and links" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,673, issued on April 22, was assigned to Under Armour Inc. (Baltimore).

"Article with ribbon structure having nodes and links" was invented by Tom Luedecke (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear with an upper including a ribbon structure is disclosed. The ribbon structure comprises ribbon sections running in at least two different directions. Ribbon sections are connected at nodes. Between nodes portions of ribbon act like links joining the nodes. The links can be arranged in various geometries, including a rectangular grid and a triaxial grid. The ribbon structure may extend the entire length of the article ...