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US 2015/0257488 A1Published application
Modified Shoelaces and Associated Methods
OwnerAlexis Flores, Lauren Brooke Floresinventors
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Abstract
A modified shoelace comprising a first fastener and a second fastener; wherein the shoelace has an active area disposed on the shoelace between an uppermost first eyelet and an uppermost second eyelet when the shoelace is in a laced configuration, wherein the first fastener is secured to the shoelace outside the active area; wherein the second fastener is secured to the shoelace a loop distance from the first fastener and distal from the active area.
Claims12
A modified shoelace comprising:
- a shoelace having a shoelace length;
- a first fastener;
- and
- a second fastener;
- wherein the shoelace has an active area disposed on the shoelace;
- wherein the active area has a first edge above an uppermost first eyelet when the shoelace is in a laced configuration and extends to a second edge above a second uppermost eyelet when the shoelace is in the laced configuration;
- wherein the first fastener is secured to the shoelace outside the active area and proximate to the first edge;
- wherein the second fastener is secured to the shoelace a loop distance from the first fastener and distal from the active area.
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A method for creating a universal modified shoelace, the method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of shoes wherein each of the plurality of shoes comprises an uppermost set of eyelets, a lowermost set of eyelets, a left set of eyelets, and a right set of eyelets, wherein each of the eyelets in the left set of eyelets has a corresponding eyelet in the right set of eyelets, wherein each eyelet has a left, a right, a bottom and a top, wherein the uppermost set of eyelets comprises an uppermost left eyelet and an uppermost right eyelet, wherein the lowermost set of eyelets comprises a lowermost left eyelet and a lowermost right eyelet, wherein a shoelace may be laced through each of the eyelets;
- measuring, on each of the plurality of shoes, a vertical distance between the uppermost set of eyelets and the lowermost set of eyelets disposed on one of the plurality of shoes;
- measuring, on each of the plurality of shoes, a horizontal distance between any of the plurality eyelets in the left set of eyelets and the corresponding eyelet in the right set of eyelets;
- determining a mean vertical distance from each of the vertical distances;
- determining a mean horizontal distance from each of the horizontal distances;
- determining an active length of the shoelace that is necessary to lace up and tie an ideal shoe having a vertical distance equal to the mean vertical distance and a horizontal distance equal to the mean horizontal distance;
- locating a center point of the shoelace;
- locating a first attachment point an active length divided by two distance to the right from the center point of the shoelace;
- determining a loop distance;
- locating a second attachment point a loop distance to the right of the first attachment point;
- securing a first fastener to the first attachment point;
- securing a second fastener to the second attachment point, wherein the first fastener may be secured to the second fastener.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.