Shoe Tying Teaching Aid Device and Method

An article of footwear comprising:

• a pair of opposed flaps, each flap having an upper end and a lower end;
• said flap having a row of eyelets wherein there are between five and seven eyelets on each flap;
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• a lace threaded through said eyelets and having seven colored regions;
• said colored regions being arranged in a specific orientation such that when said lace is arranged in a symmetrical “U” shape wherein there is a first side containing three different colored bands and a second side containing four colored bands;
• wherein said colored bands on said first side are of three different colors and are of unequal lengths that reach a total length of approximately six inches;
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• wherein said colored bands on said second side are of three different colors than said first side and that reach a total length of approximately six inches;
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• wherein one of the colors in said second side occur in two of said second side bands;
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• wherein said colored bands on said second side are sequentially arranged in four regions;
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• wherein said first region being a color different than any colors of said first side and having the same length as said first colored region on said first side;
• said second region of said second side having a different color and being of a shorter length of approximately ¼ of length of said first colored region of said second side;
• said third region of said second side being of a different color than any other colored regions of said first or second sides and being of the longest total length of said second side colored regions;
• said fourth region of said second side being of the same color and length of said second colored region of said second side.