US Patent Issued to Arris Composites on Nov. 11 for "Composite shoe plate having a progressive longitudinal bending stiffness characteristic" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,115, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Arris Composites Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Composite shoe plate having a progressive longitudinal bending stiffness characteristic" was invented by Arnaud Dyen (San Francisco), Erick Davidson (Piedmont, Calif.) and Andrew T. Brady (El Cerrito, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe plate, which is integrated into footwear, is provided. The shoe plate is relatively less stiff up to a threshold degree of bending, at which point the shoe plate transitions to regime in which the shoe plate becomes relatively stiffer. This occurs at a location proximal to the forefoot of the shoe plate."

The ...