ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,107, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Trainer Armour Ltd. (Bromgrove, Great Britain).
"Shoe protector device and applicator" was invented by Andrew Chancellor (Marlbrook, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe protector device for a trainer for the prevention of toe holes. The applicator consists of two display cards 2L and 2R each having the sole area 6 of a left foot and right foot respectively printed thereon. Additionally, a toe protector patch 12 with liner 8, is secured to a top end of the sole area of each card 2L and 2R in a position that would be occupied by a toe, such as a big toe. A low-tack semi-permanent ad...