ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,885, issued on June 23, was assigned to ROSSIGNOL LANGE S.R.L. (Montebelluna, Italy).
"Operating device for a sports shoe or boot" was invented by Pascal Roux (Saint-Egreve, France), Bertrand Barre (Lyons, France), Francesco Giacca (Montebelluna, Italy) and Paolo Cima (Volpago del Montello, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Operating device (5) for a sports shoe/boot (1),including:-a tightening device (6) intended to tighten the sports shoe/boot around a foot or lower leg of auser;-a first lever (14) able to move between a first position and a second position, the first lever being able to actuate the tightening;device; and-a seco...