ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,646, issued on March 17, was assigned to Under Armour Inc. (Baltimore).
"Article of footwear having a harness system" was invented by Kevin Fallon (Baltimore), Kort Neumann (Baltimore) and Antonio Zea (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes a sole and an upper that includes a heel end, a toe end, a medial side, and a lateral side. The upper defines a throat between the medial and lateral sides, and the sole and the upper jointly defining a foot cavity. The article of footwear further includes a support member extending from a first side of the article of footwear to a second side of the article of f...