US Patent Issued to Hallufix on May 6 for "Footwear for preventing or treating a pathological deformity of a wearer's foot" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,147, issued on May 6, was assigned to Hallufix AG (Grunwald, Germany).

"Footwear for preventing or treating a pathological deformity of a wearer's foot" was invented by Manfred Brass (Grunwald, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A footwear is provided for preventing or treating a pathological deformity of a wearers foot, comprising a toe strap for being fastened to the great toe, an upper for being fastened to a metatarsus region of the foot and comprising a lateral section and a medial section, and an adjustment mechanism comprising a tension element coupled to the toe strap and configured for variably adjusting a pulling force ...