ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,459, issued on May 27, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Article of footwear having a closure system" was invented by Andreas Siegismund (Rueckersdorf, Germany), Reinhold Sussmann (Scheinfeld, Germany) and Romain Girard (Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure system for an article of footwear includes an actuation mechanism, a release mechanism, a closure mechanism, and a cord. The cord is configured to be operably engaged with an upper of the footwear. The actuation mechanism is configured to be pulled to actuate the closure system to adjust the footwear from a loosened configuration ...