ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,458, issued on May 13.
"Shoe counter structure" was invented by Zilong Wang (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe counter structure, having a cross sectional shape curved as a C-shape; an inner upper portion of a support frame of the shoe counter structure is provided with a U-shaped clamping portion; two sides of the clamping portion are inclined outwardly towards two sides of the shoe counter structure, a middle part of the clamping portion is recessed inwardly towards a rear side of the shoe counter structure to form a first tendon accommodating groove. The support frame provides stable supporting force for the s...