Shoelace retention device
OwnerSam Gibsoninventor
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Abstract
A shoelace management and retainment device for temporarily retaining the loop and free ends of a shoelace bow formed on a shoe when tied. An open ended cylindrical sleeve of yieldable material is attached to portions of the shoelace extending through the eyelets of the shoe. An insertion opening is formed along the longitudinal length of the device into which the bow portion and shoelace ends of the shoelace is inserted translaterally so as to be positioned therewithin and extend partially out through corresponding respective distal end thereof.
Claims7
A shoelace retention device for securing the bow loops and lace ends of a tied shoelace on a shoe comprising,
- a cylindrical body member removably secured on the laces of the shoe,
- an attachment tab extending from one end of said cylindrical body member,
- fastening means on said tab and said cylindrical body member for aligned registration with one another,
- an elongated access opening in said cylindrical body member and means for inserting said bow loop and lace ends into said cylindrical body member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.