ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,949, issued on June 3, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Article of footwear" was invented by Charles Johnson (Nuremberg, Germany), Romain Girard (Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany) and Arnaud Redon (Nuremberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for using an article of footwear while sitting in a chair capable of transitioning between at least first, second, and third states. The article of footwear includes an outsole. The outsole includes a medial wrap-up, a lateral wrap-up, and a heel wrap-up. The method includes positioning the article of footwear in a first footwear state while sitting in a chair first s...