US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Feb. 17 for "Golf shoes having multi-surface traction outsoles" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,969, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf shoes having multi-surface traction outsoles" was invented by Jean-Marie Bidal (Marlborough, Mass.) and John F. Swigart (Plymouth, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf shoe comprising an upper, a midsole, and an outsole comprising a first set of spiral pathways with a first plurality of spiral segments radiating from a first point of origin and a second set of spiral pathways with a second plurality of spiral segments radiating from a second point of origin. The first set of spiral pathways and the second set of spiral pathways are inversely related...