Fastening device
OwnerDianne Harkavyinventor
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Abstract
A fastener incorporating a lace and a gripper. The gripper has a patch of a fastener material such as Velcro.RTM.. Areas of complementary fastener material are provided on the lace adjacent the ends thereof. When the lace is engaged with a lace-up article such as a shoe, the fastener material on the lace may be engaged with the fastener material on the gripper to maintain the lace under tension.
Claims17
A fastening device for a lace-up article comprising:
- (a) a gripper having first and second patches of a first type of fastener material, said patches being moveable with respect to one another between a closed position in which said patches confront one another and an open position in which said patches are remote from one another;
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- (b) a lace having two oppositely-directed faces, said lace having four areas of a second type of fastener material complementary to the fastener material of said first type, two of said areas being disposed on each of said faces, the two areas on each face being disposed adjacent opposite ends of the face so that two of said areas, including one on each of said faces, are disposed adjacent each end of the lace, the fastener material of said patches being engageable with the fastener material of said areas when said lace is engaged with the article and said patches are in said closed position with said areas of said lace disposed therebetween.
In an article having a body including a pair of flaps, a lace having two oppositely-directed faces and means for engaging said lace with said flaps so that when said lace is maintained under the tension said lace will secure said flaps to one another, the improvement comprising:
- (a) a gripper having first and second patches of a first type of fastener material, said patches being moveable with respect to one another between a closed position in which said patches confront one another and an open position in which said patches are remote from one another;
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- (b) four areas of a second type of fastener material complementary to the fastener material of said first type, on said lace two of said areas being disposed on each of said faces, the two areas on each face being disposed adjacent opposite ends of the lace so that two of said areas, including one on each of said faces, are disposed adjacent each end of the lace, the fastener material of said patches being engageable with the fastener material of said areas when said patches are in said closed position with said areas of said lace disposed therebetween.
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