Lock for an adjustment cord of a wearable article

A lock for an adjustment cord of a wearable article, the lock comprising:

• a body defining a first passage extending through the body from an entrance opening of the body to a first exit opening of the body, and the body defining a second passage extending from an intermediate portion of the first passage to a second exit opening of the body;
• wherein the body is configured with a segment of the first passage extending from the intermediate portion to the first exit opening in communication with the second passage;
• wherein at least a portion of the second passage is narrower than the first passage so that a portion of the adjustment cord disposed in the segment of the first passage is movable relative to the first passage when tensioned and is selectively repositionable to the second passage where the adjustment cord locks to the body and retains tension;
• and
• wherein an exterior surface of the body defines a slot extending from the first exit opening to the second exit opening, and extending into the body along the segment of the first passage and along the second passage so that the adjustment cord is repositionable in the body through the slot from a first position in which the adjustment cord extends through the first exit opening to a second position in which the adjustment cord extends through the second exit opening, the adjustment cord extending through the entrance opening in both the first position and the second position.