US Patent Issued to HALLUFIX on Aug. 19 for "Footwear having an elastic correcting strap for treating and preventing foot malpositions" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,981, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to HALLUFIX AG (Grunwald, Germany).

"Footwear having an elastic correcting strap for treating and preventing foot malpositions" was invented by Manfred Brass (Grunwald, Germany) and Franz Fischer (Amberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Footwear for treating and preventing foot malpositions, in particular for treating and preventing hallux valgus, comprising a holding element configured for securing a foot relative to the footwear; and a tensioning element configured to be fastened to a toe and configured, in a state in which the footwear is fastened to the foot, to exert a first corrective...