ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,658, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GAITTECH S.R.L. (Carpi, Italy).
"Component for a shoe" was invented by Andrea Goldoni (Rovigo, Italy), Stefano Caiumi (Carpi, Italy), Simone Marchesini (Budrio, Italy) and Marcello Benetti (Carpi, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component for a shoe, intended to be interposed between a foot and the ground, is delimited by an upper surface which, in use, is turned towards the foot. The upper surface comprises a load-bearing region in which at least one recess is made, the recess being configured to receive at least one metatarsal head of the foot, so that in the load-bearing region a plur...