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US 2012/0284976 A1Published application
Shoe Lace Apparatus and Locking Mechanism
OwnerEdward Arthur Coxinventor
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Abstract
Shoe Laces and locking apparatus for locking laces without trying the laces, the apparatus including an opening for holding a lace or laces in a locked configuration. The apparatus may include a slit for passing a lace into the locking opening.
Claims20
A shoe lace locking apparatus for a lace having a first lace envelope in an un-elongated state and a second, smaller envelope in a second elongated state, including:
- a substantially front surface;
- a substantially rear surface;
- an opening sized to enable the lace to slide there-through when the lace is elongated and limit sliding when the lace is not substantially elongated;
- and
- a slit from extending from the front surface to the rear surface and from the opening to an edge of apparatus,
- wherein the apparatus has a substantially disc-like configuration.
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A shoe lace locking apparatus for a lace having an envelope and one of an aglet or bar at an end, including:
- a substantially front surface;
- a substantially rear surface;
- an opening sized to enable the lace and one of an aglet or bar at an end to slide there-through;
- and
- a plurality of restorably retractable teeth that extend into the opening, the teeth retractable to enable the lace and one of an aglet or bar at an end to slide there-through,
- wherein the apparatus has a substantially disc-like configuration.
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A shoe closing system including:
- a lace having a first envelope in an un-elongated state and a second, smaller envelope in a second elongated state;
- and
- a lace locking apparatus, the apparatus including:
- a substantially front surface;
- a substantially rear surface;
- an opening sized to enable the lace to slide there-through when the lace is elongated and limit sliding when the lace is not substantially elongated;
- and
- a slit from extending from the front surface to the rear surface and from the opening to an edge of apparatus,
- wherein the apparatus has a substantially disc-like configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.