ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,943, issued on April 21, was assigned to N-ION SPORTS TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Bootle, Great Britain).
"Grounding footwear with a blade portion" was invented by Adam Stanley (Liverpool, Great Britain) and Stephen Walsh (Liverpool, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The article of footwear for grounding the human body to earth includes an upper portion; a sole having an outer sole face distal from a user and an inner sole face proximate to the user; one or more electrically conductive portions which extend through the sole from the outer sole face to the inner sole face; and an electrically conductive layer which extends over a por...