ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,624, issued on June 9.

"Decorative accessory fixing structure for shoes with holes" was invented by Mingzhi Zhuang (Jinjiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative accessory fixing structure for shoes with holes, including an upper crossbeam, two vertical connecting members, and two lower crossbeams; the upper crossbeam is located on an outside of shoe holes as a support fixing member for the decorative accessories, or on an inside of the shoe holes as a support limiting member; two vertical connecting members penetrate through holes in the shoe and connecting the upper crossbeam and lower crossbeams; two lower crossbeams,...