ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,595, issued on June 24, was assigned to CALZATURIFICIO S.C.A.R.P.A. S.P.A. (Italy).
"Climbing shoe" was invented by Heinrich Mariacher (Asolo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A climbing shoe comprising: a shoe-upper shaped so as to accommodate the user's foot; a sole made of a polymeric material, which is attached to the bottom of the shoe-upper so as to cover at least the front part of the bottom of said shoe-upper; and manually-operated closing means that are adapted to tighten the top part of the shoe-upper on the user's foot and include a transversal locking strap that extends like a bridge between the inner side and the out...