US Patent Issued to Under Armour on Dec. 16 for "Sole structure for an article of footwear having enhanced roll acceleration" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,861, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Under Armour Inc. (Baltimore).

"Sole structure for an article of footwear having enhanced roll acceleration" was invented by Monibert Narito Gaba (Portland, Ore.), Tom Luedecke (Portland, Ore.) and James Webster (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a transition region between two sole structure layers. The transition region includes a curved portion having a geometry defined by a portion of an ellipse. A plate which includes the curved portion can be provided between the two sole structure layers. The sole structure enhances the rol...