ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,946, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Laetts Innovations LLC (Bountiful, Utah).
"Sock" was invented by Mark H. Blaisdell (Bountiful, Utah) and Jing Lu Huang (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sock includes a sock body with portions formed from different materials to provide decreased friction in particular regions of the sock. A decreased friction portion (a) is provided to include both a heel portion and a portion directly above the heel portion of the sock, and/or a decreased friction portion (b) is provided on a front portion of the sock, corresponding to a location of a tongue of a boot or shoe when the sock is worn over...