ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,767, issued on May 26, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Shoe with a combination of lightweight upper construction" was invented by Robbie Paterson (Nuremberg, Germany), Valentin Perrin (Nuremberg, Germany), Falk Bruns (Nuremberg, Germany) and Takashi Azuma (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a shoe upper which comprises first and second upper elements that are joined to form a foot-receiving chamber for accommodating a foot of a wearer, wherein the second upper element forms a footbed and wherein the second upper element comprises at least a first set of wings p...