ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,965, issued on Feb. 3.
"Releasable shoe fastening device" was invented by Gerald Lewis Strickland Jr. (Buffalo, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a cleat and a receiver. The cleat is mountable to a shoe and includes a front portion and a rear footing. The receiver is mountable to a support of an external device. The receiver includes a frame including a front portion and a rear portion, with the rear portion configured to removably slidably receive the rear footing of the cleat. The front portion of the receiver includes a catch element, which is pivotally movable relative to the frame while under a rotational bias...