ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,967, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Skechers U.S.A. Inc. II (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).
"Hands-free molded shoe" was invented by Chase Greenberg (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Abel Casas (Lawndale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A HANDS-FREE MOLDED SHOE may include a uniformly molded slip-on shoe having features to facilitate hands-free wearing. Such features may include use of a greater hardness plastic in a heel counter portion of the shoe and lesser hardness plastic in an upper and/or sole portion of the shoe. The heel counter portion may be configured to deform into a new configuration under the load of a user's foot as ...