US Patent Issued to Skechers U.S. A. Inc. II on Jan. 20 for "Footwear heel counter for easier foot entry or removal" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,381, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Skechers U.S. A. Inc. II (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).

"Footwear heel counter for easier foot entry or removal" was invented by John Maxwell Weeks (Los Angeles), Scott Kelley (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Frank Chuang (Cypress, Calif.), Pei-Chun Liao (Torrance, Calif.), Johnson Tja (Foshan, China), Hui Xie (Dongguan, China) and Kurt Stockbridge (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The shoe includes a sole and an upper. A heel cup has an upper mid- and lower portion and the heel cup extends from the sole to at least a portion of a rear ankle collar of the upper. The heel cup has ...