ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,970, issued on Feb. 17.
"Footwear item, in particular for practising a sport" was invented by Mansuy Rocquin (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France), Estelle Suschetet (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France), Jacques Bourse (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France), Eva Robert (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France) and Antoine Cullier (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a footwear article (10), comprising: a upper (30), a majority by mass of the upper or a majority of the surface of the upper is made of a main upper material and possibly of one or more auxiliary upper material(s); a sole (20), a majority by mass of the sole is ...