US Patent Issued on Nov. 3 for "Shoe crease remover insert" (Alabama Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,242, issued on Nov. 3.

"Shoe crease remover insert" was invented by Jake Orland Ciccola (Athens, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a shoe crease remover insert designed to reduce the appearance of creases in the toe box of footwear, while simultaneously eliminating odors and moisture. The insert comprises a compressible body of sufficient size to fit inside footwear, characterized by shape retention, flexibility, and firmness. The shape retention ensures that the compressible body returns to its original form after compression for insertion. The flexibility allows for easy insertion into the footwea...