ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,880, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Shoe management apparatus" was invented by Hyunsun Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), Jeong Guen Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Joohyeon Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Myung Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Byoungjoon Han (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Yoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunju Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeaseok Seong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe management apparatus includes a first management apparatus, including a first inner space and an electric compartment disposed below the first inner space for dehumidifying air introduced in...