US Patent Issued to Guntersville Breathables on June 24 for "Outsole having cork overlay and method of making same" (Alabama Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,591, issued on June 24, was assigned to Guntersville Breathables Inc. (Arab, Ala.).

"Outsole having cork overlay and method of making same" was invented by Hunter Chase Fowler (Arab, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making footwear outsoles including providing a laminate including a cork layer and a textile layer, cutting the laminate into an overlay having a desired shape, placing the overlay into a sole mold with the cork layer arranged in direct contact with a first surface of the sole mold, the first surface including a plurality of protrusions configured for forming an outsole tread pattern, and placing a polymer ...