Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Drawstring – laced-fastener – or separate essential... – Having loop or sleeve shaped directing means
Patent
1991-01-18
1992-05-05
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential...
Having loop or sleeve shaped directing means
247121, 247139, 247148, A43C 500
Patent
active
051095815
ABSTRACT:
A device and method for securing onto a foot a shoe having openings adjacent opposed edges and adapted for normally having a lace threaded therethrough, in which a plurality of fastening members are mounted, preferably slidably, on a longitudinally extending band which may be decorated on at least one surface. The fastening members are manually and releasably engaged in respective openings, so that the band extends across the upper part of the shoe back and forth between the edges. After tightening, the band lies adjacent the upper surface of the shoe, like a conventional shoelace, and secures the shoe to the foot of a wearer. The longitudinally extending band can be made much wider than conventional shoelaces and different bands may be easily and quickly substituted by simply disengaging the fastening members from their respective openings and replacing the device with another. The fastening members may take a variety of different forms. The principles behind the invention may be extended to provide a decorative cover for the laces of a conventionally secured shoe. The cover is either of elastomeric material and secured to the openings in the shoe by clips, or is of e.g. flexible plastic and secured to the laces by resiliently attached hooks.
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