ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,201, issued on March 24, was assigned to Ariat International Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.).
"Boots with fit adjustment systems" was invented by Lars Erik MacLeod (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.) and Jake Lawrence Rivas (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Boots with fit adjustment systems that are configured to selectively adjust a fit of the boot on the wearer's foot by engaging the foot with more force and/or across a greater surface area relative to a pull-on boot that lacks the fit adjustment system. The fit adjustment system may adjust the fit of the boot without adjusting the external dimensions of the boot. The fit adjustme...