ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,111, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Canada Goose Inc. (Toronto).
"Footwear with alternate lacing systems" was invented by Christopher Anderson (Barnstaple, Great Britain), Adam Meek (Etobicoke, Canada), Oliver Saunders (Bristol, Great Britain) and Michael Edward Blackford (York, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A footwear article includes (a) an upper having a tongue opening at a front thereof; (b) a gusseted tongue including a tongue panel positioned over the tongue opening and a pair of gussets attaching laterally opposite sides of the tongue panel to the upper; (c) a pair of tongue fasteners configured to selectively fasten...