ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,240, issued on June 17, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Sole element" was invented by Benjamin Alexander Thompsett (Nuremberg, Germany), James Slack (Nuremberg, Germany), David Artner (Nuremberg, Germany), Tomson Wang (Jiangsu Province, China), Junus Ali Khan (Richland, Wash.) and Arjun Shanker (Richland, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention concerns a sole element for a cleated article of footwear, in particular for a football shoe. The sole element includes a composite element with an anisotropic bending property. The sole element further includes a polymer element, and the polymer element at le...