ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,135, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to HI-LEX Corp. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Boot" was invented by Masachika Sugimura (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boot of extends along an axis X direction and has a cylindrical shape that is extendable and contractable in the axis X direction. The boot includes a bellows portion alternately having a bellows portion-side peak portion and a bellows portion-side valley portion along the axis X direction, and an extending portion connected adjacent to the bellows portion in the axis X direction and provided adjacent to one end and/or an other end of the boot in the axis X direction. The extend...