US Patent Issued to Acushnet on May 19 for "Golf shoe with traction elements" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,907, issued on May 19, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf shoe with traction elements" was invented by Jean-Marie Bidal (Marlborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf shoe with a plurality of traction elements positioned around a central forefoot region and a central rearfoot region of the outsole of the golf shoe. The plurality of traction elements comprises: (i) a first set of traction elements arranged in a first outsole zone along a perimeter or edge of a medial or lateral forefoot region of the golf shoe, (ii) a second set of traction elements arranged in a second outsole zone along a perimeter or e...