ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,988, issued on May 20, was assigned to SELLE ROYAL S.P.A. (Pozzoleone, Italy).
"Sports shoe, in particular cycling shoe" was invented by Barbara Bigolin (Vicenza, Italy) and Stefano Meneghetti (Vicenza, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a shoe, for example a sports shoe, such as a cycling shoe including a sole, an upper constrained to the sole and an insole inserted in the upper or constrained to the open bottom of the upper."
The patent was filed on Aug. 5, 2020, under Application No. 17/632,965.
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