US Patent Issued to adidas on March 17 for "Sole comprising a reinforcing structure, shoe with such a sole, and method for the manufacture of such items" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,640, issued on March 17, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Sole comprising a reinforcing structure, shoe with such a sole, and method for the manufacture of such items" was invented by Falk Bruns (Nuremberg, Germany), Robbie Paterson (Nuremberg, Germany), Daniel Ruiz (Erlangen, Germany), Harry Miles (Nuremberg, Germany), Valentin Perrin (Nuremberg, Germany), Sam Forester (Nuremberg, Germany), Jochen Bartl (Langensendelbach, Germany) and Tobias Biegel (Grosshabersdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole for a shoe is provided comprising at least two reinforcing members extending at least in a front half...