ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,482, issued on May 12, was assigned to ORTHOFEET INC (Israel).

"Easy-entry shoe with an inner part" was invented by Aharon Bar (Fort Lee, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe including a sole, and a shoe upper, the shoe upper including an opening and a vamp, the shoe upper also including an inner layer and an outer layer, where the bottom part of the outer layer is attached to the sole, where the inner layer is attached to the outer layer at a front part of the opening, and where the attachment of the inner layer to the outer layer at the front part of the opening is operative to prevent a front part of the inner layer from bend...