Securing device
AssigneeAzor
InventorsStéphane Wartel, Sascha Desaever
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Abstract
The invention concerns a securing device in the form of a strip (1) in open position, arranged to cover exclusively a shoe (4) lace (3) and comprising means to be fixed to said shoe (4) and a series of holes (2) for passing through the lace (3). The device is adapted to be folded down such that the left side is fixed to the right side. Moreover, the length of said securing device (1) is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the shoe (4).
Claims11
A device, for preventing laces coming undone arranged to be placed on a shoe and to cover a lace of said shoe, in the form of a band having a length and a width, said length being greater in size than said width, said width being smaller than the length of the shoe, comprising:
- a left-hand end and a fight-hand end, each comprising mutual fixing means,
- means for fixing said band to said shoe, and
- a central flat part comprising a series of orifices for the lace to pass through, said band presenting
- an open position where the length of the device is disposed perpendicular to an axial direction of said shoe, when said device is placed on said shoe,
- a closed position wherein the length of the left-hand end and the right-hand end are folded in an overlapping position one onto each other to form a sheath that is fixed to said shoe by said mutual fixing means, and wherein the band only partially covers the loops of the knot of said lace when the lace is knotted by the sheath, which has a perimeter smaller than said length of the band, and
- a fixed position where the device is attached to the shoe through the central flat part, said fixed position being reachable when the band is in the open position and in the closed position;
- wherein the device has a length which is between 5 cm and 10 cm, and a width which is between 1 cm and 5 cm.
In combination:
- a shoe;
- and
- a device for preventing laces coming undone arranged to be placed on a shoe and to cover a lace of said shoe, in the form of a band having a length and a width, said length being greater in size than said width, said width being smaller than the length of the shoe, the device comprising:
- a left-hand end and a right-hand end, each comprising mutual fixing means,
- means for fixing said band to said shoe, and
- a central flat part comprising a series of orifices for the lace to pass through,
- said band presenting
- an open position where the length of the device is disposed perpendicular to an axial direction of said shoe, when said device is placed on said shoe,
- a closed position wherein the length of the left-hand end and the right-hand end are folded in an overlapping position one onto each other to form a sheath that is fixed to said shoe by said mutual fixing means, and wherein the band only partially covers the loops of the knot of said lace when the lace is knotted by the sheath, which has a perimeter smaller than said length of the band, and
- a fixed position where the device is attached to the shoe through the central flat part, said fixed position being reachable when the band is in the open position and in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.