ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,175, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Footwear with 3-d printed midsole" was invented by Fionn Corcoran-Tadd (Portland, Ore.), Chris Arias (Portland, Ore.), Berin Skye B (Portland, Ore.), Andrea Nieto Perilla (Portland, Ore.) and Matteo Padovani (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Soles for articles of footwear with a three-dimensional mesh having a bottom surface defined at least partially by a plurality of nodes having a platform with a top platform surface connected to a bottom platform surface with a side surface a plurality of struts for the three-dimensional mesh directly conne...