US Patent Issued to PUMA on Sept. 29 for "Article of footwear having exchangeable pods" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,820, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Article of footwear having exchangeable pods" was invented by Sidney Fauconnier (Nuremberg, Germany), Mauro Bonin (Nuremberg, Germany) and Romain Girard (Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes an upper attached to a stabilizer, an outsole, a first pod, and a second pod. The stabilizer has a lower surface and a first securing mechanism. The outsole has a first retention mechanism and an interior surface. The first securing mechanism is retained by the first retention mechanism. A volume between the lower s...