ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,667, issued on April 22.
"Footwear with transformable sole system" was invented by Stella Ryan (Whitinsville, Mass.) and Jeffery Ryan (Whitinsville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for transforming footwear. A footwear system includes one or more portions configured in a first profile. The footwear system includes one or more sensors configured to generate a value based on a surface in contact with at least one of the one or more portions. The footwear system includes an actuator configured to change, responsive to determining that the value satisfies a profile configuration condition, a c...