US Patent Issued on July 14 for "Protective device for attaching to a shoe" (German, Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,911, issued on July 14.

"Protective device for attaching to a shoe" was invented by Rupert Besl (Schmatzhausen, Germany), Alexander Zangl (Etterzhausen, Germany) and Wolfgang Berndorfer (Natternbach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a protective device for attaching to a shoe, the shoe comprising a shoe sole and a front cap. The protective device includes a protective sole element and a protective cap element. The protective sole element can be placed on the shoe sole and has a sole shape which is adapted to the shape of the shoe sole, and the protective cap element can be placed against the front cap a...