US Patent Issued to Deckers Outdoor on Sept. 8 for "Footwear including a sole with a bottom support member" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,640, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Deckers Outdoor Corp. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Footwear including a sole with a bottom support member" was invented by Christopher Hillyer (Goleta, Calif.), Jean-Luc Diard (Annecy, France) and Stephen Kass (Carpinteria, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes a sole including a midsole and an outsole attached to the midsole, and a support member positioned on a bottom surface of the midsole, where the support member has a curved surface that extends from a rear end to a front end of the support member."

The patent was filed on March 8, 2023, under Application No. 18/180...