Footwear lacing system
OwnerFred P. Klausnerinventor
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Abstract
An improved lacing system for footwear which features a novel flat or rectangular cross section lace, an improved eyelet construction having an essentially straight lace bearing edge which ensures threading of the lace in a flatwise or untwisted manner, a parallel slot frictional engagement means for releasably securing the lace at the toe portion of the footwear and a releasable means for securing the lace at the ankle portion of the footwear.
Claims30
In footwear of the type having an upper adapted to be snugly engaged with the foot of a user wherein a lace is passed through eyelets of said upper, which eyelets are arranged in two rows placed on opposite sides of a slot defined by said upper and extend rearwardly of a toe portion toward an ankle portion thereof, and said lace is tensioned to draw opposite sides of the slot toward one another and releasably secured for releasably maintaining said tension, the improvement comprising;
- an upper with eyelets having essentially straight lace bearing edges;
- lace bearing edges of eyelets in one row arranged in a divergent relationship with transversely associated eyelets in the other row, in a direction away from the toe portion of the footwear;
- a lace in the form of an elongated strip of material of generally rectangular cross section, dimensioned to generally pull through said eyelets and having first and second end portions;
- means for releasably attaching said first end portion of said lace at an eyelet adjacent the toe portion of said footwear sufficient to prevent pulling said first end portion through the eyelet;
- hook and loop means for releasably attaching said second end portion of said lace, to the upper of said footwear, sufficient to prevent pulling said second end portion through said eyelets.
In a hockey skate of the type having an upper provided with a toe portion, a slot extending rearwardly of said toe portion and eyelets arranged in two rows of eyelets extending along opposite sides of said slot for receiving a lace adapted upon tensioning thereof to draw said opposite sides towards one another, the improvement comprising:
- an upper with eyelets having essentially straight lace bearing edges;
- a lace in the form of an elongated strip of material of generally rectangular cross section, dimensioned to generally pull through said eyelets and having first and second end portions;
- lace bearing edges of eyelets in one row arranged in a divergent relationship with transversely associated eyelets in the other row, in a direction away from the toe portion of the footwear;
- means for releasably attaching said first end portion of said lace at an eyelet adjacent the toe portion of said footwear sufficient to prevent pulling said first end portion through the eyelet;
- hook and loop means for releasably attaching said second end portion of said lace, to the upper of said footwear, sufficient to prevent pulling said second end portion through said eyelets.
In footwear of the type having an upper adapted to be snugly engaged with the foot of a user wherein a lace is passed through eyelets of said upper, which eyelets are arranged in two rows placed on opposite sides of a slot defined by said upper and extend rearwardly of a toe portion toward an ankle portion thereof, and said lace is tensioned to draw opposite sides of the slot toward one another and releasably secured for releasably maintaining said tension, the improvement comprising;
- an upper with eyelets having essentially straight lace bearing edges;
- a lace in the form of an elongated strip of material of generally rectangular cross section, dimensioned to generally pull through said eyelets and having first and second end portions;
- parallel slot frictional engagement means through which said first end portion of said lace is passed for releasably attaching said first end portion of said lace at an eyelet adjacent the toe portion of said footwear sufficient to prevent pulling said first end portion through the eyelet;
- hook and loop means for releasably attaching said second end portion of said lace, to the upper of said footwear, sufficient to prevent pulling said second end portion through said eyelets.
In a hockey skate of the type having an upper provided with a toe portion, a slot extending rearwardly of said toe portion and eyelets arranged in two rows of eyelets extending along opposite sides of said slot for receiving a lace adapted upon tensioning thereof to draw said opposite sides towards one another, the improvement comprising:
- an upper with eyelets having essentially straight lace bearing edges;
- a lace in the form of an elongated strip of material of generally rectangular cross section, dimensioned to generally pull through said eyelets and having first and second end portions;
- parallel slot frictional engagement means through which said first end portion of said lace is passed for releasably attaching said first end portion of said lace at an eyelet adjacent the toe portion of said footwear sufficient to prevent pulling said first end portion through the eyelet;
- hook and loop means for releasably attaching said second end portion of said lace, to the upper of said footwear, sufficient to prevent pulling said second end portion through said eyelets.
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