ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,036, issued on Oct. 21.

"Toe corrector" was invented by Ping Tao (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toe corrector comprising a corrector base with a toe bandage and a sole bandage provided thereon to cooperate with said corrector base; the toe corrector also includes an adjusting rope on the corrector base and an angle adjusting mechanism is provided to connect with the adjusting rope; said angle adjusting mechanism includes a rack belt and a latch adjusting component; one end of the rack belt is connected with the adjusting rope while the other end thereof passes the latch adjusting component; the position of the rac...