ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,756, issued on May 26, was assigned to UVEX ARBEITSSCHUTZ GMBH (Furth, Germany).
"Protective shoe" was invented by Julian Zach (Furth, Germany) and Laurent Rebstock (Nuremberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective shoe comprises an upper for receiving a shoe wearer's foot, a sole arrangement connected to the upper, and a toe cap, and also at least one connecting and indicating arrangement, which, in the original, integral state, indicates an integrity of the protective shoe, and, when the protective shoe is at least partially dismantled, indicates the dismantling of the protective shoe."
The patent was filed on March 2...