ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,904, issued on May 19.
"Orthotic positioning apparatus and system" was invented by Brent Meredith (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthotic positioning apparatus includes a shoe having an interior and an exterior upper. The exterior upper includes a perimeter edge defining an elongate opening extending between a toe box and a foot opening. An insole is removably disposed within the interior and includes a toe area having multiple resilient toe separator elements projecting upwardly from a top surface of the insole along an arc. When the insole is disposed in the interior of the shoe, the resilient toe separator elements are...