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US 2022/0312900 A1Published application
Shoelace and method of manufacture
AssigneeNobbits USA, LLC.
InventorsAmos Anderson, Ron Brent, Justin Hajny, Jerlando Jackson
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Abstract
A lace providing reduced slippage employs a set of compact outwardly protruding knobs attached, for example, by adhesion that operate to reduce slippage between the lace portions in a bow or at a point of passage through an islet through flexibility of the underlying lace.
Claims12
A slip-resistant lace comprising:
- a lace body of flexible woven material extending in an axial direction between a first and second end terminating in at least one aglet defining an inner and outer surface of the lace body;
- and
- a plurality of knobs of nonwoven material integrated on the outer surface of the lace body and extending outwardly therefrom, the knobs having a width perpendicular to the axial direction less than one half a circumferential perimeter of the lace body.
A method of manufacturing a slip-resistant lace of a type having a lace body of flexible woven material extending in an axial direction between a first and second end terminating in at least one aglet;
- a plurality of knobs of nonwoven material integrated on an outer surface of the lace body having a width perpendicular to the axial direction less than one half a circumferential perimeter of the lace body, the method providing:
- applying a UV curable adhesive to an outer surface of the lace body at regular locations along an axial length of the lace body;
- and
- applying a UV light to cure the adhesive to form the knobs.
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