ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,695, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SHENZHEN ICOMWELL INTELLIGENT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Spool, tightening device with spool, and coupling method of spool and lace" was invented by Wei Huang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spool, a tightening device with the spool, and a coupling method of the spool and a lace are provided. A first free end and a second free end of the lace are routed in subtended directions along a first routing path and a second routing path, respectively. The first routing path and the second routing path are designed in separate grade crossing structure. Even if the ...