Education and demonstration – Physical education – Developing or testing coordination
Patent
1994-12-05
1999-04-27
Smith, Jeffrey A.
Education and demonstration
Physical education
Developing or testing coordination
G09B 1924
Patent
active
058973230
ABSTRACT:
A combination of a shoe device (12, FIG. 4) and shoelace (14) for use by young children and the handicapped to learn to tie a shoelace bow, is of simple construction and provides simple guidance. The shoe device is in the form of a plate of cardboard or the like, with markings thereon that represent the shape and position of a shoelace loop, so a child can bend an end of the shoelace to correspond to the markings. A holdown is provided along the marking to hold the looped shoelace in position. The holdown can be formed by a cut in the plate which forms a tab with a free end. The plate has greater similarity to a shoe by forming the front portion of the plate with a perimeter that is cut out in the shape of the front half of a child's shoe, with a rounded front end and substantially parallel sides, and with the plate being decorated, or marked, to represent the front of a shoe.
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