ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,963, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Shoe upper, especially for a sports shoe" was invented by James Thompson (Nuremberg, Germany) and Lilly Cocks (Nuremberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a shoe upper (1) for a shoe (2), especially for a sports shoe. To create an upper which allows an optimal lacing at a pleasant appearance the invention proposes that the upper comprises: a plane base layer (3) of material, a structured layer (4) being arranged on the outer surface (5) of the base layer (3) facing away from the foot of the wearer of the shoe (2), wherein the stru...