US Patent Issued to Soo Bok Song on May 13 for "Leno jacquard weave shoe upper having selective stretchability in specific areas" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,454, issued on May 13, was assigned to Soo Bok Song (Busan, South Korea).

"Leno jacquard weave shoe upper having selective stretchability in specific areas" was invented by Soo Bok Song (Busan, South Korea), Won Seok Song (Busan, South Korea), Ji Hyun Song (Busan, South Korea), Kapsoo Hwang (Busan, South Korea) and Sinje Park (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a shoe upper including a stretchable area and a non-stretchable area. The shoe upper is woven by combining a warp yarn and a weft yarn, the weft yarn includes a first weft yarn, which is a stretchable yarn, and a second weft yar...