ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,910, issued on July 14, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Method for manufacturing a shoe upper" was invented by Brian Hoying (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and Andrew Leslie (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a shoe upper, including the steps of: providing at least one stretchable portion on the shoe upper; stretching the at least one stretchable portion of the shoe upper for adapting a size of the shoe upper; and permanently attaching at least one rigid element at least partly on the stretched stretchable portion so that the stretched stretchable...