US Patent Issued to COLE HAAN on March 3 for "Shoe with knit upper having thermoplastic yarn regions" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,916, issued on March 3, was assigned to COLE HAAN LLC (Greenland, N.H.).

"Shoe with knit upper having thermoplastic yarn regions" was invented by Ryan Polgar (Greenland, N.H.), Mattias Verfl (Greenland, N.H.), Laura Greelish (Greenland, N.H.) and Wai Ming Leung (Greenland, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe includes a knit upper and a sole secured to the knit upper. The knit upper is formed with a first type of knit structure knitted with a thermoplastic yarn in a first area. The first area is in at least the toe region of the knit upper. In a second area including at least the medial and lateral metatarsal regions of the kni...