ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,596, issued on June 24.
"Shoe tap system" was invented by Jared Grimes (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tap dance shoe system is provided including a shoe having a sole. In an embodiment, the sole has a plurality of first fastener holes and at least one channel intersecting the first fastener holes. A shoe tap includes hole. A fastener includes a shaft with a cross hole. The fastener extends through the tap hole to compress the tap against the shoe sole. A pin extends within the channel of the sole and through the cross hole to prevent the fastener from unintended backout. In another embodiment, the sole has a plurality of ...