ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,652, issued on Oct. 21.

"Customizable detachable shoe" was invented by Vatsal Soin (Kanpur, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure explains adetachable and customizable shoe. The shoe includes a sole (101), an upper body (103) and a detachable strip (201). The sole (101) is detachably engaged with a first periphery of the detachable strip (201) by a zipper means and the upper body (103) is detachably engaged with a second periphery of the detachable strip (201) by a zipper means. The detachable strip (201) is provided for customizing parameters of the shoe including height and width. The engagement and disengagem...