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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2023
Applicant:

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Jennifer L. Bishop, Portland, OR (US);

Timothy P. Hopkins, Tustin, CA (US);

Nicholas R. Long, Portland, OR (US);

Todd W. Miller, Portland, OR (US);

Nadia M. Panian, Beaverton, OR (US);

Aaron K. Seid, Portland, OR (US);

Richard Kristian Hansen, Vancouver, WA (US);

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 23/029 (2013.01);
Abstract

An article of footwear includes an upper having a chamber, a sole structure including a recess forming a cavity, and a pump device disposed within the cavity, in fluid communication with the chamber, and operable to move the upper from a relaxed state to a constricted state by selectively evacuating fluid from the chamber.


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