Snap fastener for securing shoe laces
AssigneeNicole Durr GmbH
InventorMarkus Dubberke
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Abstract
A snap fastener for securing shoe laces comprises two openings disposed diametrically to each other through which the shoe laces are passed. The openings extend longitudinally through the snap fastener when the latter is opened. An inner sleeve is in a larger outer sleeve such that it is longitudinally movable relative thereto. The inner sleeve accommodates an inner ring. When the pressure is exerted on the outer sleeve, the ring is made to rotate as the longitudinal movement is converted into a horizontal circular movement so that the shoe laces are immovably clamped by the snap fastener.
Claims36
A fastener for securing shoelaces, comprising:
- first and second sleeve members movable toward and away from one another between locking and unlocking positions, said sleeve members together defining first and second passageways through which are insertable first and second end sections, respectively, of a shoelace when said sleeve members are in said unlocking position;
- shoelace deflecting means disposed within an internal space formed by said sleeve members, said deflecting means being displaceable relative to said sleeve members in a locking direction in response to movement of said sleeve members to said locking position, such that first and second shoelace deflecting surfaces of said deflecting means are displaceable generally laterally across said first and second passageways, respectively;
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- actuating means disposed within said internal space and operably connected to one of said sleeves for displacing said deflecting means in said locking direction in response to movement of said sleeve members to said locking position so that said locking surfaces deflect portions of respective shoelace end sections out of alignment with said passageways to resist withdrawal of said shoelace end sections from said passageways.
A fastener for securing shoelaces, comprising:
- a housing formed by an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve guided within said outer sleeve, so that said sleeves are movable toward and away from one another between locking and unlocking positions, said sleeve including boreholes which are aligned when said sleeves are in said unlocking position so that a shoelace can be inserted through said housing;
- an inner body mounted in said housing for rotation relative to said sleeves about an axis, said inner body including boreholes alignable with said boreholes of said sleeves so that said shoelace is insertable through said boreholes of said inner body;
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- actuating means operably connected to said housing for effecting rotation of said inner body in response to movement of said sleeves to said locking position, to move said boreholes of said inner body out of alignment with said boreholes of said sleeves such that said shoelace is clamped against withdrawal from said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.