ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,997, issued on May 20.
"Method of producing a custom orthotic insole" was invented by Jason Guadalajara (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a customized shoe insole includes creating a heel cup out of a thermoplastic material; encasing the heel cup in a moldable material; heating the heel cup encased in the moldable material; applying a desired pressure to the heel cup encased in the moldable material to form the heel cup to a desired shape while the moldable material prevents the thermoplastic material from escaping; and allowing the heel cup encased in the moldable material to cool to create the custom...