ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,265, issued on June 16.
"Expandable shoe system" was invented by Gavin Miles (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable modular shoe system includes interchangeable structural sole portions and an expandable expanding portion for enabling incremental resizing across both width and length vectors. Rigid sole portions in an array of sizes feature attachment points for securing locking mechanisms that couple to opposing plates arrayed along the bottom of an inherently stretchable expanding portion. Selectively positioning customized locking mechanisms having adjustable fixtures influences expansion forces applied to the coupl...