Device to install shoelace aglets
OwnerAdam Magainventor
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Abstract
A kit for installing a replacement aglet on a shoelace includes a cutting tool configured to cut a damaged distal tip section from the shoelace. A replacement aglet is positioned on the trimmed free end of the shoelace following the cutting operation. The replacement aglet has a split-sleeve construction including a longitudinal slit that extends fully from end to end. The slit makes it easy to locate the replacement aglet on the trimmed tip section of the shoelace. A heat applicator applies heat to the aglet-bearing shoelace and causes the aglet to compressively shrink in the manner of a shrink wrap process. The aglet functions as an article of shrink wrap tubing. The heating process fuses together the lengthwise edges of the slit and thereby closes the slit.
Claims20
A device for renewing a shoelace, comprising:
- a housing having an upper end and a lower end removably mounted to one another and providing an interior space;
- a shoelace-cutting subassembly housed within the interior spacing of the housing, the shoelace-cutting subassembly includes a receptacle and cutting tool for performing a cutting operation;
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- an aglet-attaching subassembly housed within the interior spacing of the housing, the aglet-attaching subassembly includes a receptacle and a joining applicator that is configured to perform an aglet joining operation.
A device for renewing a shoelace, comprising:
- a housing having an upper end and a lower end removably mounted to one another and providing an interior space;
- a shoelace-cutting subassembly housed within the interior spacing of the housing, the shoelace-cutting subassembly includes a receptacle and cutting tool for performing a cutting operation;
- an aglet-attaching subassembly housed within the interior spacing of the housing, the aglet-attaching subassembly includes a receptacle and a joining applicator that is configured to perform an aglet joining operation;
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- a power supply unit powering the shoelace-cutting subassembly and the aglet-attaching subassembly.
A kit for renewing a shoelace, comprising:
- an aglet having a split sheath construction;
- a shoelace-cutting subassembly configured to selectively cut the shoelace to define a trimmed end of the shoelace;
- the shoelace-cutting assembly including:
- a first receptacle defining a hollow elongate tubular body having an interior shoelace-receiving space, the first receptacle having a proximal section, a distal section, and a clearance space gap section disposed between the proximal section and the distal section, and
- a cutting tool including a movable cutting implement having a cutting edge, the cutting tool configured to allow the cutting implement to advance through the clearance space gap section and effectuate a cutting action on an occupant of the gap section;
- an aglet-attaching subassembly configured to receive an aglet-bearing shoelace and to process the aglet-bearing shoelace to effectuate attachment of the aglet to the shoelace;
- the aglet-attaching subassembly including:
- a second receptacle defining a hollow elongate tubular body having an interior shoelace-receiving space, and
- a heat applicator configured to apply heat to the aglet-bearing shoelace operably disposed in the second receptacle and to thereby induce a heat shrink relationship between the aglet and the shoelace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.