ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,659, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ON CLOUDS GMBH (Zurich).
"Midsole with cushioning struts" was invented by Nils Arne Altrogge (Zurich, Switzerland) and Renaud Despots Allaire (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe, with a midsole including a forefoot area, a heel area and a midfoot area arranged between the forefoot area and the heel area. A midsole tip and a heel edge wherein a longitudinal direction of the midsole extends from the heel edge to the midsole tip. A top layer and a bottom layer with a vertical direction of the midsole extending from the bottom layer to the top layer. A cushioning structure is a...