Kick Brickz® Officially Awarded U.S. Patent for Decorative Shoe Kit — Take That, Crocs.

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Glendale, AZ — July 28, 2026 — Kick Brickz® today announced that co-inventors James "Jimmy" Greene and Colby Charles Greene have been officially granted U.S. Patent No. 12,690,646 B1 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for their Shoe Decoration Kit. Filed June 26, 2025 (Application No. 19/251,050), the patent is now issued, enforceable, and very much official.

Translation for anyone who's been poking little rubber charms into the holes of a foam clog for the last two decades: the game has changed. You no longer have to settle for a mass-produced plastic mushroom glued to your shoe. You get to build something — with your hands, your imagination, and a set of patented mini-bricks engineered to lace right onto your sneakers.

The patented Shoe Decoration Kit uses mini-brick blocks fitted with a block passage and apertures designed so a shoelace threads cleanly through, locking the build to the shoe. Accessories include tiles, bulbs, chains, plates, and a figurine — meaning your footwear isn't just decorated, it's constructed. It's the difference between wearing somebody else's idea and building your own.

"Crocs told a generation that the peak of shoe customization was jamming a cartoon charm into a hole. We respectfully disagree. We patented the idea that your shoes should be something you build, not something you buy off a rack next to the garden clogs."
— James "Jimmy" Greene, Co-Founder & Co-Inventor, Kick Brickz®

The Greene father-son team has now taken the Kick Brickz® Shoe Decoration Kit from a garage sketch in Glendale, Arizona to a fully issued U.S. utility patent — protecting the core mini-brick block, its lace-through coupling system, and the accessory ecosystem that lets fans customize, swap, and rebuild their kicks over and over. Try that with a foam clog.

"We're a dad-and-son company that just out-innovated a multi-billion-dollar slipper empire," said Colby Greene, co-inventor. "They sold you holes. We patented the bricks that fill them with something you actually made."

With U.S. Patent No. 12,690,646 B1 officially in hand, Kick Brickz® is now positioned to pursue licensing agreements with major sports leagues, retail partnerships, and corporate programs — all built on a foundation of intellectual property that the U.S. government has formally recognized as novel, useful, and worth protecting.

Legal representation was provided by Kaufhold & Dix, An Intellectual Property Law Firm.

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