ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,679, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SHISHI SENKE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Quanzhou, China).
"Lacing device" was invented by Shanpao Wang (Quanzhou, China), Shaofeng Chen (Quanzhou, China) and Huayun Yang (Quanzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lacing device, including a main body, a winding wheel, an upper cover, and a ratchet mechanism. The winding wheel is rotatably arranged in the main body; the upper cover and the winding wheel can be connected or separated; the upper cover includes a cover body and a side wall arranged around the circumference of the cover body; there is a first meshing surface on an inner ...