Patents Assigned to Nike
  • ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS, RETENTION SYSTEM FOR AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20180020763
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a knitted component may include a knitted layer at least partially formed with a plurality of first yarns and a retention system formed in the knitted layer. The retention system may include a plurality of floating portions of the first yarns, and may be movable from a first state to a second state. In the first state, the plurality of floating portions of the first yarns may assume a slack state, where a float length of the first yarns may be greater than a dimension of the retention system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Hipp, Fanny Y. Ho, Bruce J. Kilgore, Thomas J. Rushbrook
  • ADJUSTABLE HEEL SUPPORT MEMBER FOR ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR
    Publication number: 20180020773
    Abstract: An adjustable heel support member includes a base portion and an extended portion. The extended portion comprises a lateral portion, a medial portion and a rearward portion. The heel support member further includes a fastening member that can be used to adjust the lateral portion, the medial portion and the rearward portion to resize the heel support member. In some cases, the fastening member may be an elastic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Sergio Cavaliere
  • Article of footwear with a harness and fluid-filled chamber arrangement
    Patent number: 9872535
    Abstract: An article of footwear is disclosed having a structural harness and impact-attenuating structure arrangement that includes a fluid-filled chamber. The article includes an upper, a sole secured to the upper having an impact-attenuating structure including a fluid-filled chamber and a structural harness. The structural harness may extend between the upper and fluid-filled chamber in a tensile arrangement that biases the fluid-filled chamber toward the upper and compresses the chamber. The structural harness may include a first layer, a thread layer bonded to the first layer and a second layer bonded to the thread layer on an opposite side of the thread layer. The thread layer may include threads configured to transmit tensile forces and restrict stretch in a longitudinal direction of the threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Beye, Benjamin J. Monfils
  • Article with tensioning system including driven tensioning members
    Patent number: 9872539
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an intermediate covering portion with an adjustable volume. The intermediate covering portion is closed around the instep of the foot. The article also includes a tensioning system that can be used to change the volume of the intermediate covering portion. The tensioning system includes two tension balancing members engaged with driven tensioning members, and a common driving tensioning member that engages both tension balancing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tiffany A. Beers
  • Components for articles of footwear including lightweight, selectively supported textile components
    Patent number: 9872537
    Abstract: Footwear components are made from lightweight textile structures (e.g., including circular knitted structures made from natural or synthetic fibers, such as socks or sock-type structures). The textile structures are selectively supported at various areas to provide desired local characteristics. Additional aspects relate to methods of making such components, precursors to such components, and articles of footwear containing such components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Meschter, Bruce Kilgore
  • Golf clubs and golf club heads
    Patent number: 9873028
    Abstract: Golf club heads include a golf club head body, a ball striking face, and a shaft engaging member configured to engage a golf club shaft with the golf club head body. Additionally, the shaft engaging member may be configured to engage the golf club head body and the shaft below a center of gravity of the golf club head, and/or the shaft engaging member may have rotational locking structure that can be locked in a plurality of positions. Further, the golf club head may include a face member and a rear member, where the rear member is configured to transfer energy and/or momentum to the face member, particularly on off-center hits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Franklin, Jason Cardani, Andrew G. V. Oldknow, Raymond J. Sander
  • Garment
    Patent number: D808121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric R. Noll
  • Garment
    Patent number: D808123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Jessica A. Lomax
  • Garment
    Patent number: D808129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Jessica A. Lomax
  • Garment
    Patent number: D808130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Jessica A. Lomax
  • Shoe outsole
    Patent number: D808137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tamimu A. Shyllon
  • Shoe outsole
    Patent number: D808139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Angela N. Martin
  • Shoe outsole
    Patent number: D808140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Fabricio da Costa Pereira Machado
  • Shoe outsole
    Patent number: D808141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Winfield
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D808144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Kim Kovel, Mark J. Smith
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D808145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Leo S. Chang
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D808147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ross Klein
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D808148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Link, Benjamin Nethongkome
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D808149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Rolando Hernandez
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D808150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Nate Durflinger