US Patent Issued to HBN SHOE on May 26 for "Cleated footwear" (Texas, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,769, issued on May 26, was assigned to HBN SHOE LLC (Salem, N.H.).

"Cleated footwear" was invented by Howard Dananberg (Stowe, Vt.) and Brian G. R. Hughes (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleated shoe has an upper, a Strobel board or midsole, and an outsole having a plurality of cleats, assembled to the upper/Strobel board or midsole. The insole has a first forefoot region configured to underlie heads of the second through fifth metatarsal bones of a wearer, and a second forefoot region having a concave depression extending downward from a top of the insole and is configured to underlie a head of the first metatarsal bone...