ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,241, issued on Nov. 3.
"Lace pockets" was invented by James Terrell Rankin (Henderson, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe lace securement system has a pair of shoe lace securing mechanisms. Each of the pair of shoe lace securing mechanisms has a container having a hollow interior storing unused portions of the shoe lace. A mechanism secures one end of the shoe lace to the container. A first connector is coupled to a bottom surface of the container attaching the container to the shoe."
The patent was filed on Dec. 3, 2024, under Application No. 18/966,351.
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