ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,923, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Dongguan Xili Technology Co. Ltd (Dongguan, China).

"Toe separation correction sock" was invented by Qingli Ma (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toe separation correction sock includes a toe separation sock and an elastic toe separation module, wherein a front end of the toe separation sock includes a hallux sleeving part and a second sleeving part, the second sleeving part is used for sleeving remaining four toes except for a hallux, the elastic toe separation module includes a carrier assembly and a filling assembly, the carrier assembly includes an elastic sleeve, the elasti...