ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,675, issued on July 29, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Soccer shoe" was invented by Martin Love (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Marco Muller (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Martin Jobst (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and Jacky Gilbert Weber (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are soccer shoes having an upper formed of knitwear, and a sole having cleats that are connected to the knitwear, wherein the knitwear is capable of coupling the sole to a foot of a wearer of the soccer shoe while the soccer shoe is being worn."
The patent was filed on April 13, 2021, under Application No. 17/228,770.
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