ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,639, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TRERE' INNOVATION S.r.l. (Asola, Italy).
"Structure and procedure for making a shoe with knitted upper" was invented by Marco Redini (Asola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A procedure for making a shoe including steps of weaving/construction of an upper, forming the upper in which two previously constructed stockings are a tube that is closed on one side while the other end of the tube remains open, subjecting the upper to a steam jet that dampens and softens a thermosetting polymer yarn, and passing the upper through a high-temperature kiln. Construction of the sole entails inserting the...