ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,738, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Shoe care apparatus" was invented by Daegeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinyounggeul Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sejin Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kanghyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongpil Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junghee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a shoe care apparatus including a door capable of simplifying an assembly process while reducing material cost. The shoe care apparatus includes: a main body; a care room provided inside the main body and accommodating shoes; and a door ope...