ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,185, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to PEDESTAL FOOTWEAR (Boston).
"Systems and methods for flexible footwear" was invented by Michael Lyon (Revere, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A footwear article, the footwear article including a sock having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having an opening configured to receive a human foot and the distal end terminating in a curved closed cavity configured to receive a toe portion of the human foot, the distal end and the proximal ended defining an tubular body therebetween, the tubular body having a curved heel portion proximate the opening of the distal end, the heel p...