ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,765, issued on July 8, was assigned to BAUER HOCKEY LLC (Exeter, N.H.).
"Skate or other footwear" was invented by Ivan Labonte (Montreal), Jean-Francois Corbeil (Prevost, Canada), Alexis Seguin (Laval, Canada), Conrad Payeur (Prevost, Canada), Sebastien Lambert (Saint-Jerome, Canada) and Garnet Alexander (Beaconsfield, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skate (e.g., an ice skate) or other footwear for a user. The skate or other footwear comprises a skate boot or other foot-receiving structure for receiving a foot of the user and possibly one or more other components, such as a skating device (e.g., a blade and a blade holder) dis...