ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,192, issued on April 14, was assigned to Scholl's Wellness Co. LLC (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Flexible arch support for footwear" was invented by Alexander Fromholtz (Madison, N.J.), Daniel L. Miranda (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Harold A. Howlett (Parsippany, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insole for insertion into footwear includes a base, and an arch support located on an underside of the base layer, the arch support including a frame forming at least a portion of a perimeter of the arch support, and multiple ribs extend from a first side of the frame to a second side of the frame, wherein a first set of the ribs is raised relativ...