ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,459, issued on May 13.
"Apparatus for securing a footwear tongue" was invented by Alec Nathaniel (Philadelphia) and Lottie Mae Jennings (Voorhees, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for securing a tongue of footwear in a fixed position. The apparatus includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel includes a slot for slidably encircling the tongue folded in an upward direction. The slot squeezes and bundles the tongue to secure the tongue in the fixed position. The first panel moves along a longitudinal axis of the tongue. The second panel extends from a proximal end of the first panel. The apparatus serves a...