US Patent Issued to Deckers Outdoor on Aug. 11 for "Footwear sole including a support member providing medial and lateral support" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,191, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Deckers Outdoor Corp. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Footwear sole including a support member providing medial and lateral support" was invented by Stephen Kass (Carpinteria, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear including a sole including a midsole and an outsole attached to the midsole, where the sole includes a medial side and a lateral side and a support member positioned between the midsole and the outsole. The support member includes a body having a medial side and a lateral side, where the medial side and the lateral side of the body each include a pair of arms respectively ex...