ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,172, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FENG TAY ENTERPRISES Co. LTD. (Yunlin County, Taiwan).
"Foam blend incorporating phase change material and method for making foamed shoe body using the same" was invented by Chien-Hsin Chou (Yunlin County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a foam blend incorporating a phase change material for foaming and making a foamed shoe body, comprising a thermoplastic material, a blowing agent, a crosslinking agent and a phase change material; the phase change material is added in an amount based on the total content of the thermoplastic material, and is mixed with the thermoplastic materia...