ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,659, issued on Nov. 18.
"Shoe structure for ground earthing and static electricity emission" was invented by Yoon Seop Jang (Jeollanam-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a shoe structure for earth ground and static electricity discharge, which includes a shoe and an inner sole provided inside the shoe, and the inner sole includes: a base plate; a foot contact plate which is adhered to the upper surface of the base plate, and is made of a copper plate; a conduction unit which extends from both sides or the rear of the foot contact plate, and is exposed above an ankle support unit in order to allow a ground unit...