Shoe lace fastener
OwnerJohn P. Ashleyinventor
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Abstract
A device for securing and restraining the loops and tails of tied shoe laces prevents the laces from becoming loosened and untied. A tab is mounted on a tension band to permit the loops and tails to be passed between the tension band and the shoe tongue and the loops end tails held securing next to the tongue and facings of the shoe.
Claims20
A shoe of the type having a sole and an upper, the upper having a tongue attached toward the toe portion of the shoe and extending rearward toward the heel portion of the shoe beneath left and right facings each containing eyelets through which shoe laces are laced, in combination with a shoe lace fastener comprising a tab secured to a tension band, said tension band having a left end fixedly attached to a left portion of the tongue and a right end fixedly attached to the right portion of the tongue such that in a relaxed state the tension band rests adjacent to the tongue and in an extended state an opening is created between the tension band and the tongue through which loops and tails from knotted laces may be inserted.
A shoe of the type having a sole and an upper, the upper having a tongue attached toward the toe portion of the shoe and extending rearward toward the heel portion of the shoe beneath left and right facings each containing eyelets through which shoe laces are laced, in combination with a shoe lace fastener comprising a tab secured to a tension band having a left end attached to a left portion of the tongue and a right end attached to a right portion of the tongue such that in a relaxed state the tension band rests adjacent to the tongue and in an extended state an opening is created between the tension band and the tongue through which loops and tails from knotted laces may be inserted, and wherein the tongue has an upper layer and a foundation plate beneath the upper layer, said foundation plate extending laterally within the tongue from left to right and the left end of the tension band is attached to a left portion of the foundation plate and the right end of the tension band is attached to a right portion of the foundation plate.
A shoe of the type having a sole and an upper, the upper having a tongue attached toward the toe portion of the shoe and extending rearward toward the heel portion of the shoe beneath left and right facings each containing eyelets through which shoe laces are laced, in combination with a shoe lace fastener comprising a tab mounted on a tension band, said tension band having a left end passing downward into the tongue and through a slot in a foundation plate and said left end being secured to the foundation plate, said tension band further having a right end passing downward into the tongue and through a slot in the foundation plate and said right end being secured to the foundation plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.