US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Aug. 4 for "Golf shoes and methods for manufacturing golf shoes" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,953, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf shoes and methods for manufacturing golf shoes" was invented by Jean-Marie Bidal (Marlborough, Mass.), Keith M. Duffy (Whitman, Mass.) and Robert S. Bento (Raynham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear comprising an upper component; a footbed provided within the upper component; an insole component extending under the upper component; a midsole component comprising a midsole material; and an outsole component. The insole component and/or the outsole component may comprise one or more surface features configured to mechanically interloc...