ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,147, issued on Dec. 30.
"Rehabilitation boot" was invented by Tung Cheng Chen (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rehabilitation boot has a main body, a front plate, and two restricting bands. The main body has a base and a tubular sleeve. The base has a front end and a rear end opposite to each other. The tubular sleeve is integrally formed at the base and has an opening and two cuts. The opening is disposed at a front side of the tubular sleeve. The two cuts longitudinally extend from a top of the tubular sleeve to the base to divide the tubular sleeve into a rear plate and two lateral plates respectively disposed at...