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US 11,140,945 B2Granted
Laces
AssigneeCorrect Motion Inc.
InventorsSteve Laframboise, John Moshopoulos
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Abstract
A lace includes recesses, concave portions or cavities, effective for abutting against eyelets or hooks found in skates and effective to lock the laces at a given position when the lace is inserted into the eyelets or hooks.
Claims21
A lace, comprising:
- a structure of elastic material, the structure having at least two pairs of opposite sides;
- a first pair of the opposite sides in which:
- a first side of the first pair comprises alternating concave and convex portions;
- a second side of the first pair comprises alternating concave and convex portions;
- wherein the concave portions of the first side of the first pair match with the convex portions of the second side of the first pair along a longitudinal axis;
- wherein the convex portions of the first side of the first pair match with the concave portions of the second side of the first pair along the longitudinal axis;
- a second pair of the opposite sides in which:
- a first side of the second pair comprises alternating concave and convex portions;
- a second side of the second pair comprises alternating concave and convex portions;
- wherein the concave portions of the first side of the second pair match with the concave portions of the second side of the second pair along the longitudinal axis;
- and
- wherein the convex portions of the first side of the second pair match with the convex portions of the second side of the second pair along the longitudinal axis.
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