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US 6,283,004 B1Granted
Shoelace
AssigneeTaiwan Paiho Limited
InventorTony Tseng
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Abstract
A shoelace having a center core, and a braided fabric formed by weaving together several base threads and several stopper threads and covered on the periphery of the center core, the stopper threads having a greater diameter than the base threads and forming a spiral protruded portion in the braided fabric.
Claims2
A shoelace comprising:
- a unitary center core, and
- a woven fabric covering said center core;
- wherein
- said woven fabric comprises a plurality of base threads and a plurality of stopper threads woven together, said stopper threads have a diameter larger than a diameter of said base threads, and
- said base threads and a plurality of stopper threads being woven together in a pattern such that longitudinal axes of said base threads are perpendicular to longitudinal axes of said stopper threads;
- such that
- an exterior surface of said stopper threads protrudes above an exterior surface of said base threads to form a protruding spiral pattern around said center core.
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