US Patent Issued to Blakely Ventures on Oct. 20 for "Footwear articles and methods of making the same" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,644, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Blakely Ventures LLC (Atlanta).

"Footwear articles and methods of making the same" was invented by Sara Blakely (Atlanta), Jadideah D. Yarbrough (Atlanta) and Sylma Colon-Otten (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a footwear last for a predetermined size comprising: a) a hindfoot section wherein a distal bottom portion of the hindfoot section defines a heel seat; b) a forefoot section, wherein the forefoot section has a distal portion and a proximal portion; and c) a midfoot section, wherein the midfoot section connects the hindfoot section and forefoot section. Further d...