US Patent Issued to Skechers U.S.A. Inc. II on May 19 for "Footwear upper with components for easier foot insertion" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,903, issued on May 19, was assigned to Skechers U.S.A. Inc. II (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).

"Footwear upper with components for easier foot insertion" was invented by Jennifer Fosburg (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Bin Wang (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe has a heel counter with heel cup. The heel cup has an upper portion with a top edge having medial elevated point and a lateral elevated point separated by a recessed point along a median line of the heel cup. The heel cup has a tapering thickness in a medial crest region and lateral crest region different from a thickness the trough region, providing di...