ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,646, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Article of footwear having removable components" was invented by Reinhold Sussmann (Scheinfeld, Germany) and Martin Weber (Nuremberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear having an interlocking assembly that includes a first component and a second component. The first component has a plurality of ribs and the second component has a plurality of receptacles. The plurality of ribs of the first component are configured to be received within the plurality of receptacles of the second component to removably attach the first component and t...