ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,183, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to DragonSkin LLC (San Bernardino, Calif.).
"Flexible puncture resistant footwear" was invented by Randall Lewis (Escondido, Calif.), Boulos Haddad (San Bernardino, Calif.) and Michael Bagherpour (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible, protective water sport footwear has a stretchy, flexible material configured to form at least one pair of booties that covers an entirety of a person's feet and ankles when worn; and a plurality of puncture resistant, non-stretchy protective materials attached in a pattern to at least one of an inner and outer side of the at least one pair of b...