US Patent Issued to PUMA on July 14 for "Article of footwear having a sole structure" (German, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,905, issued on July 14, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Article of footwear having a sole structure" was invented by Laura Healey (Boston), Maximilian Gruettner (Nuremberg, Germany), Mauro Bonin (Nuremberg, Germany), Romain Girard (Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany) and Jesus Marini Parissi (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear having an upper and a sole structure includes a top midsole coupled to the upper, a sole plate coupled to the top midsole, and a front midsole coupled to the top midsole. The sole plate is disposed between the toe end and the widest section of the sole structure. A rear mi...