US Patent Issued to FAST IP on Aug. 11 for "Rapid-entry footwear having a multi-action counter" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,189, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FAST IP LLC (Lindon, Utah).

"Rapid-entry footwear having a multi-action counter" was invented by Seth Munger (Springville, Utah) and Craig Cheney (Lindon, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rapid-entry shoe with a multi-action counter having a first component that can cause a first transformation of an upper of the rapid-entry shoe and a second component that can cause a second transformation of the upper. Hands-free donning of the rapid-entry shoe is facilitated once both the first transformation and the second transformation are complete."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2024, under App...