ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,188, issued on March 4, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Article of footwear having a textile display system" was invented by Markus Bock (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and Reinhold Sussmann (Scheinfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear includes an upper attached to a sole structure and a display system disposed on the upper. The display system includes a display portion, a control module, and a power source. The display portion includes a plurality of optoelectronic fibers. The control module is configured to communicate with the display portion. The power source provides electrical current...