US Patent Issued to Break Through Sports, PLLC on May 20 for "Shoe with breakaway portion to mitigate risk of injury" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,995, issued on May 20, was assigned to Break Through Sports, PLLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Shoe with breakaway portion to mitigate risk of injury" was invented by Richard Rilling (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Alan Pitas (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe to mitigate the risk of an ACL tear by decreasing the impact force and preventing a twisting force to occur. A shoe comprising a sole with a toe section and a heel section; and a breakaway portion releasably coupled to the heel section with a release assembly. The release assembly includes an activation region positioned at a posterior end of the shoe. The breakaway heel...