Enhancing shoe visibility in darkness
OwnerEdith Sullivaninventor
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Abstract
A jogging shoe includes a shoelace of folded-over retroflective fabric or tape terminated at each end with a firm tip of diameter less than that of the lace openings in the shoe.
Claims16
A shoe having a lace of retroreflective material threaded through lace openings in the shoe upper,
- wherein said retroreflective material is lens material,
- and wherein said material comprises a strip that is retroreflective on one surface and adhesive on the other folded along its length with the retroreflective surface remaining exposed and the adhesive surface being concealed with opposed portions thereof in adhesive engagement.
A shoe having a lace of retroreflective material threaded through lace openings in the shoe upper,
- wherein said retroreflective material is lens material,
- and wherein said material comprises a strip that is retroreflective on one surface folded along its length into two opposed portions with the retroreflective surface remaining exposed and said portions stitched together along at least the longitudinal edges opposite the fold.
A lace of lens reflective material comprising a strip that is retroreflective on one surface folded along its length into two opposed portions with the retroreflective surface remaining exposed,
- means at each end forming a firm tip of diameter less than the lace width,
- and means for fastening the portions together.
A shoe having a lace of retroreflective material threaded through lace openings in the shoe upper,
- wherein said material comprises a strip of retroreflective material folded along its length with the retroreflective surface remaining exposed,
- a reinforcing strip inside said folded-over strip,
- and means for fastening the folded-over portions together with the reinforcing strip inside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.