ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,192, issued on March 24, was assigned to Skechers U.S.A. Inc. II (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).
"Footwear strap and footwear having the same" was invented by Eric Chi Chiang Wang (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Wanling Cheng (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Hui Xie (Dongguan City, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present application provide a footwear strap and a footwear having the same. An article of footwear may have a strap element and a heel structural element inside the strap element. The heel structural element may have two connecting arms, each of the two connecting arms having a medial arm and a lateral arm connected...