ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,278, issued on June 16, was assigned to BLUE ICE Europe (Les Houches, France).
"Adjustable length crampon" was invented by Paul Oddou (Les Houches, France) and Jean-Manuel Ibarra (Les Houches, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The length-adjustable crampon for a shoe includes a connecting element, a first part and a second part connected by the connecting element. The crampon includes means for setting the length of the crampon and a locking device configured to maintain the length setting of the crampon. The crampon is configured so that, when the locking device is in an unlocking configuration, a force exerted on the crampon in...