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US 4,094,029 AGranted
Shoe fastener
OwnerAlfred E. Carlileinventor
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Abstract
An integrally molded fastener for a shoe includes a pair of elongated carrier members hinged together at the bottom ends thereof and which can be releaseably secured together. Flexible string-like members extend from carrier members for passing through the eyelets of the shoe. Each of the string-like members has one or more protrusions for interlocking with apertures formed in the carriers.
Claims13
A fastener for a shoe which has opposite flaps with eyelets therein, the fastener comprising
- a pair of elongated carriers,
- hinge means connecting one ends of the pair of carriers together,
- means for releasably securing the carriers together,
- the pair of carriers having respective apertures,
- flexible string-like members joined to each of the carriers for passing through the eyelets of the shoe and for being received in the respective apertures, and
- said flexible string-like members each having a protrusion for interlocking with the respective carrier at the respective aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.