ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,614, issued on Sept. 22.
"Ventilation apparatus for shoes and additional clothing" was invented by Paul Enes (Wembley, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable ventilation apparatus for ventilating an interior of a shoe and a space between a user's body and an article of clothing includes a shoe which has a chamber housed inside the shoe that may be compressed to release air into a foot-receiving space of the shoe. A tube with a one-way valve places the chamber in fluid communication with an external atmosphere and only permits airflow from the external atmosphere into the chamber. The chamber is biased to fill with air when...