US Patent Issued to Deckers Outdoor on Oct. 20 for "Footwear with crossing supports" (Italian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,643, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Deckers Outdoor Corp. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Footwear with crossing supports" was invented by Bruno Borsoi (Vittorio Veneto, Italy) and Jean-Luc Diard (Annecy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear is provided and includes a sole and an upper attached to the sole and the upper includes an inner support and an outer support. The outer support is positioned on the inner support and includes a strap assembly, where the strap assembly includes at least one strap that extends between a medial side and a lateral side of the sole, and the at least one strap is connected to two conne...