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US 10,786,046 B2Granted
Fastening device for footwear
OwnerWilliam Woodwardinventor
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Abstract
A shoe fastening system designed to engage the eyelet holes of a shoe, comprising, an anchor, wherein the anchor has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has means to detachably engage with an eyelet of a shoe and the second end has a connection means, an attachment member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is designed to securely fit within the connection means of the anchor and the second has a closed loop, a strap, wherein the strap is sized to fit through the closed loop of the attachment member and is a predetermined length and width, and a locking mechanism fitted to receive the strap and engage the strap to keep the strap at a specific length.
Claims17
A shoe fastening system designed to removably engage eyelet holes of a shoe for tightening the shoe around a wearer's foot, the shoe fastening system comprising:
- an anchor, wherein the anchor is comprised of,
- a grooved member having a first end configured to house a ball of a ball joint with a groove configured to receive a rod of the ball joint and a second end, and
- an eyelet hole protrusion member having a first end and a second end, the first end of the eyelet hole protrusion member permanently and non-releasably connected to the second end of the grooved member at a center portion of the anchor, the eyelet hole protrusion member comprising a top member of flexible material and a lower member of flexible material that each connect to the center portion of the anchor, the lower member of flexible material includes an upward protrusion member, the top member of flexible material includes a first opening, wherein the upward protrusion member is configured to connect to the opening, and is configured to releasably lock the anchor to the eyelet hole of the shoe at a location away from the center portion;
- an attachment member having a first end with the rod and the ball of the ball joint and a second end, wherein the rod and ball are sized to removably engage with the groove of the grooved member and the second end of the attachment member has a closed loop;
- a strap, wherein the strap is a predetermined length and width and is sized to fit through the closed loop of the attachment member;
- a locking mechanism designed to restrain the strap;
- wherein the first end of the grooved member of the anchor comprises a first locking portion and a second locking portion that are curved and bent to create a gap which leads into a second opening, wherein the first locking portion and the second locking portion engage with the ball of the attachment member to form the ball joint with the groove between and edge of the first locking portion and an edge of the second locking portion, and
- wherein the shoe fastening system is capable of tightening the shoe around the wearer's foot.
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A footwear component, comprising:
- an anchor comprised of,
- a grooved member having a first end configured to house a ball of a ball joint with a groove configured to receive a rod of the ball joint and a second end,
- a first flap having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first flap permanently and non-releasably connected to the second end of the grooved member at a center portion of the anchor, and
- a second flap having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second flap non-releasably connected to the first end of the first flap and the second end of the grooved member at the center portion of the anchor, wherein the first flap includes an upward protrusion member and the second flap includes a first opening, wherein the upward protrusion member is configured to connect to the first opening and is configured to releasably lock the anchor to the eyelet hole of the shoe;
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- an attachment member comprising a first end with the rod and the ball of the ball joint and a second end with a closed loop, wherein the rod and ball are sized to removably engage with the groove of the grooved member;
- a strap, wherein the strap is a predetermined length and width and is sized to fit through the closed loop of the attachment member;
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- a locking mechanism designed to restrain the strap;
- wherein the first end of the grooved member of the anchor comprises a first locking portion and a second locking portion that are curved and bent to create a gap which leads into a second opening, wherein the first locking portion and the second locking portion engage with the ball of the attachment member to form the ball joint with the groove between an edge of the first locking portion and an edge of the second locking portion, and
- wherein the footwear component is capable of tightening a shoe around a wearer's foot.
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A shoe containing a footwear component, wherein the footwear component is comprising:
- an anchor comprised of,
- a grooved member having a first end configured to house a ball of a ball joint with a groove configured to receive a rod of the ball joint and a second end,
- a first flap having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first flap permanently and non-releasably connected to the second end of the grooved member at a center portion of the anchor, and
- a second flap having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second flap non-releasably connected to the first end of the first flap and the second end of the grooved member at the center portion of the anchor, wherein the first flap includes an upward protrusion member and the second flap includes a first opening, wherein the upward protrusion member is configured to connect to the first opening and is configured to releasably lock the anchor to the eyelet hole of the shoe;
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- an attachment member comprising a first end with the rod and the ball of the ball joint and a second end with a closed loop, wherein the rod and ball are sized to removably engage with the groove of the grooved member;
- a strap, wherein the strap is a predetermined length and width and is sized to fit through the closed loop of the attachment member;
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- a locking mechanism designed to restrain the strap;
- wherein the first end of the grooved member of the anchor comprises a first locking portion and a second locking portion that are curved and bent to create a gap which leads into a second opening, wherein the first locking portion and the second locking portion engage with the ball of the attachment member to form the ball joint with the groove between an edge of the first locking portion and an edge of the second locking portion, and
- wherein the footwear component is capable of tightening the shoe around a wearer's foot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.