US Patent Issued to VIBRAM on July 22 for "Traction lug for footwear" (Chinese, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,313, issued on July 22, was assigned to VIBRAM S.P.A. (Albizzate, Italy).

"Traction lug for footwear" was invented by Marco Bramani (Milan), Steven Ellis (Baldwinville, Mass.), David Filar (Worcester, Mass.), Sophia Luo (Guangdong, China) and Tony Gin (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lug for a sole or outsole of a footwear, i.e. a shoe or a boot, which is able to improve the traction or grip features of the sole itself; sole or outsole equipped with a plurality of lugs and a method for obtaining a mold cast printed with a 3D printing machine to obtain the sole and/or the lugs."

The patent was filed on Dec. 23, 2019...