US Patent Issued to adidas on Dec. 9 for "Footwear comprising rigid cage and variable padding element" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,811, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Footwear comprising rigid cage and variable padding element" was invented by Cori Marble Steele (Portland, Ore.), Joseph Thomas Broccoli-Hickey (Portland, Ore.), Gillian Pinder (Portland, Ore.) and Nicole Schrier (Vancouver, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Articles of footwear comprising a rigid cage coupled to a sole and comprising a plurality of openings formed in the cage, and a padding element disposed under the rigid cage and comprising a plurality of projections. The projections can each comprise an exterior protrusion extending from the exterior s...