ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,734, issued on Sept. 9, 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 a closure mechanism, a securing element, and a cord or a lace that is configured to be operably engaged with an upper of the footwear. The closure mechanism is configured to be actuated to adjust the footwear from a loosened configuration to a tightened configuration, and the securing e...