Plastic fastener for shoe-lasting applications

A fastener for tying together a pair of shoelace eyelets of a shoe upper for use during shoe-lasting, said fastener comprising:

• (a) a single elongated flexible filament having a first end and a second end;
• (b) a cross-bar disposed at said first end of said single elongated flexible filament, said cross-bar having a pair of ends;
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• (c) a paddle disposed at said second end of said single elongated flexible filament, said paddle being wider and shorter than said single elongated flexible filament and being provided with three alternative openings through any one of which both ends of said cross-bar may be completed inserted to form a rounded loop, wherein said three alternate openings are arranged generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said single elongated flexible filament so that different sized loops may be formed.

A fastener comprising:

• a) a pair of parallel elongated flexible filaments, each of said elongated flexible filaments having a first end and a second end;
• b) a pair of cross-bars, one of said cross-bars being disposed at said first end of one of said elongated flexible filaments, the other of said cross-bars being disposed at said first end of the other elongated flexible filaments, each of said pair of cross-bars having a pair of ends;
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• c) a paddle disposed at and interconnecting said second ends of said pair of flexible filaments, said paddle being provided with at least two alternative openings through any one of which both ends of both of said cross-bars may be completely inserted to form a pair of loops, said at least two alternative openings being disposed between said pair of elongated flexible filaments and being arranged generally parallel to the respective longitudinal axes of said pair of elongated flexible filaments so that different sized loops may be formed.