US Patent Issued to FAST IP on July 22 for "Rapid-entry footwear having a heel arm and a resilient member" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,310, issued on July 22, was assigned to FAST IP LLC (Lindon, Utah).

"Rapid-entry footwear having a heel arm and a resilient member" was invented by Craig Cheney (Lindon, Utah) and Joseph Eddington (American Fork, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rapid-entry shoe having a heel arm configured to transition between a collapsed configuration, for easy donning and doffing of the shoe, and an uncollapsed configuration, for securing a foot inside the shoe, the shoe having a resilient member configured to bias the heel arm toward the uncollapsed configuration."

The patent was filed on May 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/144,850.

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