ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,808, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to (ts)2 GmbH (Osnabrueck, Germany).
"Device for supporting the physiological foot characteristics during movement and in static conditions" was invented by Thomas Stief (Giessen, Germany) and Tino Sprekelmeyer (Bissendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for supporting the human foot may include a first layer forming an arch in a central region of the device and a second layer that is connected to the first layer in a first end region and in a second end region of the device. The device may include at least one deflection element with dorsiflexion of the device. The second layer may...