US Patent Issued to Diadora on Sept. 1 for "Outsoles for footwear" (Italian, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,401, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Diadora S.p.A. (Caerano di San Marco, Italy).

"Outsoles for footwear" was invented by Michele Risatti (Caerano di San Marco, Italy), Alessandro Sanfelici (Caerano di San Marco, Italy), Sergio Antonio Puigcerver Palau (Valencia, Spain) and Enrique Jose' Medina Ripoll (Valencia, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outsole for footwear may include: a heel portion; a central portion; a forefoot portion; and a reactive plate that extends from the heel portion toward the forefoot portion and that occupies the central portion of the outsole. The reactive plate may include a front section, a rear s...