US Patent Issued to TBL Licensing on Nov. 25 for "Waterproof boot with internal convection system" (New Hampshire, Colorado, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,128, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TBL Licensing LLC (Stratham, N.H.).

"Waterproof boot with internal convection system" was invented by Ryan Dulude (Lee, N.H.), Brian Lee Strother (Dover, N.H.), James McLain (Somersworth, N.H.), Stephen Douglas Ammon (Hampton, N.H.), Thomas Yeh (Broomfield, Colo.) and Emily V. Miller (Eliot, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a waterproof shoe with an improved ventilation mechanism, designed to circulate air from the outside environment through the shoe in order to provide convective cooling to a wearer's foot. In a desired embodiment, the shoe may incorporate a pump-ventilation ...