US Patent Issued to ACUSHNET on Oct. 20 for "Golf shoe sole with localized sidewalls reinforcement structure" (Massachusetts, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,630, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ACUSHNET COMPANY (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf shoe sole with localized sidewalls reinforcement structure" was invented by John F. Swigart (Portland, Ore.), Jean-Marie Bidal (Bridgewater, Mass.) and Robert S. Bento (Raynham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf shoe includes an upper; a sole assembly, including an outsole; a midsole above the outsole and connected to the upper at a bite line; and a reinforcement structure, the reinforcement structure including a bridge extending across a mediolateral width of the sole assembly; a lateral wing extending upwardly from a lateral side of the bri...