ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,764, issued on May 26, was assigned to Skechers U.S.A. Inc. II (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).

"Method for manufacturing a 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 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HANDS-FREE MOLDED SHOE may include placing a substrate insert into a first shoe mold where the substrate insert includes a heel insert, providing a first plastic to the first shoe mold to yield a substrate, placing the substrate and an overmold insert into a second shoe mold, and providing a second plastic to the second shoe mold to yield a shoe. ...