US Patent Issued to Deckers Outdoor on June 16 for "Sole including multiple support members" (French, Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,267, issued on June 16, was assigned to Deckers Outdoor Corp. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Sole including multiple support members" was invented by Jean-Luc Diard (Annecy, France), Stephen Liu (PanYu District GuangZhou City, China), Christophe Aubonnet (Tresserve, France) and Stephen Kass (Carpinteria, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear is provided and includes a sole including a longitudinal axis and a lateral support member, a medial support member and a front support member that are independent from each other and combine to form a triangular contact region on a bottom surface of the sole, where the lateral support...