ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,518, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Scholl's Wellness Co. LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Cushioning member" was invented by Alexander Fromholtz (Leonia, N.J.), Daniel L. Miranda (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Harold A. Howlett (Parsippany, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cushioning member that includes a base, a plurality of protrusions extending from at least a portion of the base, the protrusions being configured to deform to provide cushioning; and an outer surface at least partially formed from distal ends of the protrusions, wherein at least a portion of a first protrusions is taller than an adjacent portion of a second protrusio...