US Patent Issued to Deckers Outdoor on Sept. 23 for "Sole including closed loop support member" (British, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,383, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Deckers Outdoor Corp. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Sole including closed loop support member" was invented by Matthew James Head (Santa Barbara, Great Britain) and Thibaut Poupard (Annecy-le-Vieux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear including a sole having a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion and a heel portion and a support member including a first part and a second part, where the first part extends at least partially into the forefoot portion, and the second part extends from the first part and at least partially into a portion of the sole that is in or between the midfoot...