ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,621, issued on June 9, was assigned to Under Armour Inc. (Baltimore).
"Article of footwear with reconfigurable fastening system" was invented by Reginald Wilson Jr. (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes a sole, an upper coupled to the sole and having an inner surface and an outer surface, the upper being configured to receive at least a portion of a human foot within an interior cavity at least partially defined by the upper, a plurality of eyelets disposed on the upper, each eyelet including a pair of openings disposed in the upper, and a cord threaded through the pair of openings of each eyelet of...