US Patent Issued to LAP Creations on May 19 for "Protective shoelace cover for footwear" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,913, issued on May 19, was assigned to LAP Creations LLC (New York).

"Protective shoelace cover for footwear" was invented by Sara Bergman (White Plains, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a shoelace protector for footwear formed by a plurality of plates arranged along a longitudinal axis. In use, the protector is connected with the laces of a shoe and extends along the laced portion of the shoe from a proximal end to a distal end of the laced portion. One or more linkages connect adjoining pairs of the plurality of plates. One or more proximal connectors are provided on the proximal edge of the proximal-most plate...