US Patent Issued to Under Armour on June 24 for "Method of forming an upper for an article of footwear" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,555, issued on June 24, was assigned to Under Armour Inc. (Baltimore).

"Method of forming an upper for an article of footwear" was invented by Alan Toronjo (Portland, Ore.), Thomas White (Baltimore) and James Shih-Tien Huang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A woven textile structure is formed by weaving a first woven layer including first yarns and weaving a second woven layer including first yarns, where the woven layers are arranged in a stacked manner and are separated from each other. During the weaving of the first and second woven layers, second yarns are inserted along an intermediate span in the weft direction o...