US Patent Issued to FAST IP on April 1 for "Rapid-entry footwear having an arm for expanding an opening" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,777, issued on April 1, was assigned to FAST IP LLC (Lindon, Utah).

"Rapid-entry footwear having an arm for expanding an opening" was invented by Craig Cheney (Lindon, Utah) and Seth Munger (Springville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe upper having a plurality of arms that expand the shoe opening when the topline of the upper is compressed toward the sole portion of the shoe."

The patent was filed on Dec. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/534,619.

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