US Patent Issued to Gordon L. Brown Jr. on Sept. 23 for "Reinforced composite sheet material for enhanced performance of athletic shoes" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,382, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Gordon L. Brown Jr. (Anderson, S.C.).

"Reinforced composite sheet material for enhanced performance of athletic shoes" was invented by Gordon L. Brown Jr. (Anderson, S.C.) and Jeffrey Earle Milliman (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a flexible reinforced composite and an improved athletic shoe comprising the flexible reinforced composite. At least a portion of the reinforced flexible composite comprises coplanar reinforcement rods and a flexible sheet comprising a hinge."

The patent was filed on April 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/134,832.

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