ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,278, issued on April 8, was assigned to HILOS Inc. (Portland, Ore.).
"System and methods for lasting an upper to a 3D printed platform" was invented by Eric Folsom (Portland, Ore.), Gaia Giladi (Portland, Ore.) and Elias Stahl (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a platform for footwear. The platform includes bevels and an internal channel for assembling an upper with the platform. A first bevel is defined in a first side portion of the platform and is configured to receive a portion of a first upper side. A second bevel is defined in a second side portion of the platform and is configured ...