US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Aug. 11 for "Construction of a variable friction shoe" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,197, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Construction of a variable friction shoe" was invented by Tyler Susko (Goleta, Calif.) and Elliot Hawkes (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable friction shoe sole includes a midsole body, one or more compressible portions made of a compressible material, one or more low-friction portions vertically aligned with the one or more compressible portions, and one or more intermediate layers located between the one or more low-friction portions and the one or more compressible portions. The one or more low-friction port...