US Patent Issued to Athalonz on May 20 for "Athletic positioning apparatus and applications thereof" (Arizona, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,991, issued on May 20, was assigned to Athalonz LLC (Mesa, Ariz.).

"Athletic positioning apparatus and applications thereof" was invented by Michael R. Adair (Woodruff, S.C.) and Timothy W. Markison (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at th...