Protective shoelace cover for footwear
AssigneeLAP Creations LLC
InventorSara Bergman
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Abstract
There is disclosed a shoelace protector for footwear formed by a plurality of plates arranged along a longitudinal axis. In use, the protector is connected with the laces of a shoe and extends along the laced portion of the shoe from a proximal end to a distal end of the laced portion. One or more linkages connect adjoining pairs of the plurality of plates. One or more proximal connectors are provided on the proximal edge of the proximal-most plate of the plurality of plates to connect the proximal end of the protector with an upper end of a laced portion of the shoe. One or more distal connectors are provided at or near the distal edge of the distal most plate to connect the protector with a lower end of the laced portion of the shoe.
Claims17
A lace protector for footwear comprising:
- a plurality of plates arranged along a longitudinal axis, the axis extending in a direction from a proximal end of the lace protector to a distal end of the lace protector;
- one or more linkages, the linkages connecting adjacent pairs of the plurality of plates;
- one or more proximal connectors on a proximal-most plate of the plurality of plates, wherein the proximal connector is adapted to connect with an upper portion of a laced portion of the footwear and wherein the one or more linkages constrain pairs of adjacent plates to move with respect to one another a predetermined distance along the longitudinal axis;
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- one or more distal connectors on a distal most plate of the plurality of plates, wherein the distal connector is adapted to connect with a lower portion of the laced portion of the footwear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.