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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Berend, Beaverton, OR (US);
Douglas A. Beye, Beaverton, OR (US);
Tony H. Le, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 23/00 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); A43B 23/0235 (2013.01); A43B 23/0255 (2013.01); A43B 23/0275 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shoe having a shoe upper including multiple unwelded flex zones in selected locations on the shoe upper. The flex zones may be selectively located on the upper to flex when the shoe is in use.