ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,676, issued on July 29, was assigned to BETTERFLY OY (Savonlinna, Finland).

"Support for a goalkeeper skate and a goalkeeper skate" was invented by Kimmo Rautiainen (Savonlinna, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a support for a goalkeeper skate and a goalkeeper skate. A support for a goalkeeper skate comprises a protrusion arrangeable on a medial (M) side of the goalkeeper skate. A goalkeeper skate comprising said support is also disclosed. The support and the goalkeeper skate disclosed herein may be used for aligning joints in lower extremities including hip, knee, and ankle joints of an ice hockey or ro...