ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,489, issued on July 15, was assigned to Christopher Nicholas Chihlas (East Greenwich, R.I.).
"Walking boots and methods of making the same" was invented by Christopher Nicholas Chihlas (East Greenwich, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boot includes a rigid outer shell including a base portion adjacent to a portion of a foot of a subject, a leg portion adjacent to a portion of a leg of the subject, and an ankle support portion integral with and coupling the base portion of the main body with the leg portion of the main body, the ankle portion of the main body being adjacent to two opposing sides of an ankle of the subject, the an...