ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,634, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Saucony Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Stability sole assembly for footwear" was invented by Christopher J. Mahoney (Concord, Mass.), Gary M. Siriano (Lunenburg, Mass.) and Luca B. Ciccone (Leominster, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A footwear construction is provided including a sole assembly configured to slow a rate of pronation or roll during the gait cycle of a user. The sole assembly can include a midsole body, a stability platform joined with the midsole body, and a stability frame adjacent the midsole body and the stability platform on a medial side of the sole assembly. An outsole can b...