US Patent Issued to ON CLOUDS on Sept. 30 for "Running shoe sole having channel damping" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,674, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ON CLOUDS GMBH (Zurich).

"Running shoe sole having channel damping" was invented by Olivier Bernhard (Heiden, Switzerland) and Ilmarin Heitz (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole for a running shoe having a soft-elastic midsole includes an underside coming at least partially into contact with the ground during running. The midsole includes a plurality of channels extending in the transverse direction (Q) arranged in a lateral area (LB) of the midsole in a horizontal plane. At least a portion of the channels is arranged in the forefoot area (VFB) and/or at least a portion of the channe...