Shoelace locking apparatus
AssigneeMunsell Consulting Services, Inc.
InventorWilliam P. Munsell
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Abstract
A shoelace locking apparatus comprises a body attachable to both ends of a shoelace, a locking lever, and a pin. The body defines a retaining passage therein for receiving the first end of the shoelace and a locking passage therein for receiving a second end of the shoelace. A knot tied in the first end of the shoelace prevents it from passing back through the retaining passage. Within a recess in communication with the locking passage a rotating locking lever is mounted on the pin. By pulling the second end of the shoelace through the locking passage past the locking lever and rotating the locking lever into the locking position, the second end of the shoelace may be immobilized relative to the body. Tension in the shoelace serves to keep the lever in the locked position.
Claims13
A shoelace locking apparatus, comprising:
- a body having a first passage for receiving one portion of a shoelace, a second passage for receiving another portion of a shoelace, a recess in communication with the second passage, and a lower surface defining at least a portion of the second passage and positioned in an opposing relationship to the recess, each of the first passage and the second passage having an inlet end and an outlet end;
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- a locking lever having at least one bearing surface, the locking lever positioned in the recess of the body and attached to the body in a way that the locking lever is movable between an open position wherein the bearing surface of the locking lever is retracted away from the lower surface of the body to permit movement of the shoelace through the second passage and a locked position wherein the bearing surface is disposed in the second passage so as to compress the portion of the shoelace disposed through the second passage between the bearing surface of the locking lever and the lower surface of the body to immobilize the portion of the shoelace disposed through the second passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.