ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,651, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TRIPLE T TRADING LTD (Marysville, Wash.).

"Two-piece injection molded shoe system" was invented by Bob Thayer (Marysville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe system is disclosed. The system includes a first shoe portion including one or more plugs extending from the first shoe portion. The system further includes a second shoe portion including one or more apertures formed in the second shoe portion and sized to receive the one or more plugs of the first shoe portion. The second shoe portion is configured to be removably connected to the first shoe portion when the one or more plugs of...