US Patent Issued to Thomas Wayne Newton on Nov. 11 for "Vacuum release mechanism for a footwear article" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,112, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Thomas Wayne Newton (Miami).

"Vacuum release mechanism for a footwear article" was invented by Thomas Wayne Newton (Miami) and Lisa Fitzgerald (Leesburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A footwear article having a vacuum release mechanism is disclosed. The vacuum release mechanism equalizes pressure to release a vacuum created beneath the footwear article, thereby eliminating an undesired retention of the footwear article in high-viscosity materials such as mud or concrete. The vacuum release mechanism includes at least one check valve disposed in at least one fluid passageway formed in a s...