ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,652, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Systems and methods for fastening a shoe" was invented by Markus Bock (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fastening a shoe is disclosed. The shoe has an upper part connected to a sole and a rotary closure that fastens the shoe using at least one tensioning element. The rotary closure has a rotatably arranged tensioning roller, and the tensioning roller is driven by an electric motor and a switching element. The switching element is connected to a controller, and includes touch sensitive sensors which form a surface that is acces...