US Patent Issued to PUMA on Nov. 3 for "Shoe, especially sports shoe" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,240, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Shoe, especially sports shoe" was invented by Andreas Siegismund (Ruckersdorf, Germany) and Romain Girard (Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper for a shoe includes an upper layer defining an outermost surface of the upper and a bottom layer directly coupled to the upper layer. Two or more first channels are coaxial and define a first channel row, two or more second channels are coaxial and define a second channel row, and two or more third channels are coaxial and define a third channel row. The channels are defined by the upper ...