ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,199, issued on March 24, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Japan).
"Shoe and method of manufacturing shoe" was invented by Yusuke Matsumoto (Kobe, Japan), Ryota Kitami (Kobe, Japan) and Noritaka Okada (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a shoe, an upper has an opening through which a foot of a wearer is inserted when the wearer puts on the shoe, and includes a shoelace tightening region located forward of the opening. A tape member is higher in rigidity than the upper body. A first portion is located in the shoelace tightening region and extends in a front-rear direction of the upper. A folded portion is contiguous to at least...