ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,658, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SANLIUYIDU (CHINA) Co. LTD. (Quanzhou, China) and SANLIUYIDU (FUJIAN) SPORTS GOODS Co. LTD. (Quanzhou, China).

"Support structure for shoe soles, shoe soles and sports shoes with this support structure" was invented by Shutao Wei (Fujian, China), Tao Zhou (Fujian, China), Siqi Liu (Fujian, China) and Yong Yan (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support structure for a shoe sole includes a support piece with elasticity, the support piece is provided at the forefoot or/and arch position of the shoe sole and is laid out along the width direction of the shoe sole, the support piece is pro...