ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,516, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ZETAJAY S.R.L. (Turin, Italy).

"Modular system for composing footwear assembled by combining at least two interchangeable modules connected in a removable way by connecting means" was invented by Giacomo Macri' (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular system is described for composing footwear assembled by combining at least two interchangeable modules connected in a removable way by connection means (66), the interchangeable modules comprising: a sole module (5, 13); an upper module (6, 14); a tab module (8); an ankle size adapter module (17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27); a boot module (3...