ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,130, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ECCO Sko A/S (Bredebro, Denmark).
"Footwear injection mould" 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 footwear injection mold includes a secondary injection mold defining at least part of an injection chamber. The injection chamber includes a proximal surface defining a part of a distal surface of a footwear part. The secondary injection mold includes a protrusion having an upper contacting surface, a proximal end, a primary surface faced away from the injection chamber, and a secondary surface facing th...