US Patent Issued to adidas on Oct. 21 for "Soles having a co-molded lattice structure and solid region, footwear having the sole, and methods of manufacturing the same" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,655, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Soles having a co-molded lattice structure and solid region, footwear having the sole, and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Joseph Thomas Broccoli-Hickey (Portland, Ore.), Christian Manuel Arias Delgado (Portland, Ore.), Zachary C. Coonrod (Portland, Ore.) and Stephen P. Dobson (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole for an article of footwear includes a plurality of portions, including at least a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a lattice structure having a plurality of unit cells. The plurality...