ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,166, issued on June 30, was assigned to ROSSIGNOL LANGE S.R.L. (Montebelluna, Italy).
"Locking device for a sports shoe" was invented by Paolo Sartor (Montebelluna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The locking device (10) for immobilizing a hinge between a shell (2) and a cuff (3) of a sports shoe (1) includes an immobilizing element (22) mobile between an immobilizing position and a release position, and a blade (12) intended to cooperate with the immobilizing element to immobilize the hinge when the immobilizing element is in the immobilizing position, the immobilizing element including a first guide surface (53) and the blade ...