Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Drawstring – laced-fastener – or separate essential... – Includes separate device for holding drawn portion of lacing
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-06
2001-07-17
Sakran, Victor N. (Department: 3626)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential...
Includes separate device for holding drawn portion of lacing
C024S712600, C024S713000, C024S713600
Reexamination Certificate
active
06260246
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
One of the most troubling occurrences to shoes and their function is the frequency of the slippage of the shoelace knot once it has been tied. This is dangerous when participating in any type of athletic activity or something as fundamental as walking. Moreover, most young children are unaware of the danger of an untied shoe and the severity of the injury it can cause when they inadvertently step on the loose lace with their other foot and cause themselves to trip. Needless to say it is quite painful especially when the front teeth are lost in the process. In Stanfield U.S. Pat. No. 5,372,510 where a device was designed to aid handicapped children in tying a bow in a shoelace that is mounted to a shoe. In short, prior art does not provide a remedy for slippage of the knot on both sides of the knot once the shoelace has been tied, nor address the semi or permanent need for placement of the device on the shoe itself to eliminate loss or destruction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary function of the present invention is to keep shoelaces that have been tied in the traditional knot with bows on each side securely fastened in the tied state. The device has two clamping members, with a locking system to add strength and reliability, which are joined together by a flexible arm. Once in place, the device will secure the excess laces and bow on both sides of the knot. This will keep the knot tightly affixed. Also the device has an adjoining flexible arm in the shape of an oval with a stiff end or tip to aid in the device being placed through the top shoelace hole. Once through the shoelace hole the device will be inserted through the oval flexible arm forming a noose around the surrounding shoe material, semi affixing the device to the shoe. The following drawings accompanied by the preferred embodiments will fully describe the unique, practical usefulness of the invention.
REFERENCES:
patent: 948460 (1910-02-01), Partridge
patent: 1055048 (1913-03-01), Kennedy
patent: 1104259 (1914-07-01), Gwirtz
patent: 4790048 (1988-12-01), Arnt
patent: 5372510 (1994-12-01), Stanfield
patent: 6016590 (2000-01-01), Malone
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