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US 2016/0095390 A1Published application
Knot retainer
OwnerDavid Lee Sandersinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a knot retainer apparatus. Said apparatus includes a first end, a second end, and at least three slots in the middle. A cord that is first threaded into a shoe is threaded into the slots of said apparatus wherein said cord is tied into a knot and said apparatus assists in keeping the knot from being untied.
Claims14
A knot retainer apparatus comprising a body having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of slots numbering at least three opening through the body;
- wherein each slot of the plurality of slots opens through the body between the first end and the second end.
A knot-retaining shoe system, comprising:
- a shoe comprising a first set of eyelets and a second set of eyelets;
- a knot retainer apparatus comprising a body having a first end, a second end, a first face, a second face, and a plurality of slots numbering at least three opening through the body;
- and
- a cord having a first cord end and a second cord end;
- wherein each slot of the plurality of slots opens through the body between the first end and the second end;
- wherein the cord is threaded through the first set of eyelets and the second set of eyelets;
- wherein the first cord end is threaded from the first face of the knot retainer apparatus through a first slot of the plurality of slots;
- wherein the second cord end is threaded from the first face of the knot retainer apparatus through a second slot of the plurality of slots;
- wherein the first cord end and the second cord end are each threaded from the second face of the knot retainer apparatus through a slot of the plurality of slots other than the first slot and other than the second slot;
- and
- wherein the first cord end and the second cord end are tied together at the first face of the knot retainer apparatus.
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A knot retention method comprising:
- threading a cord through a first set of eyelets and a second set of eyelets of a shoe;
- threading the cord at a first cord end from a first face of the knot retainer apparatus through a first slot of a plurality of slots numbering at least three opening through a knot retainer apparatus;
- threading the cord at a second cord end from the first face of the knot retainer apparatus through a second slot of the plurality of slots opening through the knot retainer apparatus;
- threading the cord at the first cord end from the second face of the knot retainer apparatus through a slot of the plurality of slots other than the first slot and other than the second slot;
- threading the cord at the second cord end from the second face of the knot retainer apparatus through a slot of the plurality of slots other than the first slot and other than the second slot;
- tying said first cord end and second cord end together at the first face of the knot retainer apparatus;
- rotating the knot retainer apparatus to twist the first cord end and the second cord end about each other;
- and
- inserting the knot retainer apparatus between the cord and a tongue of the shoe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.