ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,682, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ECCO Sko A/S (Bredebro, Denmark).
"Moulding system for direct injection manufacturing of footwear" was invented by Jakob Moller Hansen (Bredebro, Denmark) and Jens Sonne Mortensen (Bredebro, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molding system for direct injection manufacturing of footwear. The molding system includes a mold cavity for receiving injection material for molding a sole part of the footwear. The system further includes a plurality of basic direct injection molds, each of which is attachable to injection molding equipment, and a plurality of sets of direct injection mold inserts, e...