ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,647, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Knitted shoe upper" was invented by Stefan Tamm (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Carl Arnese (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and James Carnes (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are uppers for a shoe, particularly a sports shoe, having at least one first partial area and at least one second partial area that are manufactured as one-piece knitwear, wherein the first partial area includes a first yarn and the second partial area includes a second yarn, and wherein the first yarn is more elastic than the second yarn."
The patent was filed on O...