ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,965, issued on Dec. 23.
"Water resistant footwear and manufacturing method" was invented by Cataldo De Luca (Trani, Italy), Nicola Pedone (Bisceglie, Italy) and Raffaella Amoruso (Bari, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water resistant footwear having an upper made of a water vapor transpiring material resistant to water with a first extreme flap and at least a portion having a first thickness and provided with a second extreme flap. The first flap and the second flap have relative second thicknesses lower than the first thickness of the portion and are superimposed on each other with the interposition of a thermo-double-sided a...