ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,801, issued on March 25, was assigned to Reebok International Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).
"Article of footwear with dispensed saddle" was invented by Ricardo Vestuti (Providence, R.I.), Brian Christensen (Centerville, Mass.), Dennis Gaboriault (Millbury, Mass.) and Henry Hardigan (Pawtucket, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes forming an upper dispensed component by dispensing material over an upper for an article of footwear. The upper dispensed component includes a bonded segment that bonds to the article of footwear and a non-bonded segment that does not bond to the ...