ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,654, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Fastening system for an article" was invented by Andreas Siegismund (Rueckersdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening system for an article of footwear includes an upper having inner and outer layers with a fastening mechanism disposed along the inner layer and a plurality of apertures defined along the outer layer. The fastening mechanism includes a fastening member rotatable in first and second directions and a plurality of fastening elements spaced from the fastening member and corresponding with respective apertures. The fastening elements a...