Shoe lace end
AssigneeEnds Partners, LLC
InventorsLeon N Cohen, Jessica A Cohen, Gregory R Lucci, Whitney Lucci
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Abstract
An end piece for the end of a lace, string, filament or the like flexible article. The end piece includes a tube into which the end of the lace or the like is installed. A pin passes through and across the tube and pierces or traps the end of the flexible article in the tube. A decoration may be applied on the pin. A decoration support may be supported on the pin. The decoration support may have the form of a pivotable bridle attached on the ends of the pin. The bridle is supported to the tube by pintles. The pin passes through one pintle and into the other arm of the bridle.
Claims18
An end piece for attachment to a lace, string, filament or other elongate generally flexible article, the end piece comprising:
- an end part in the form of a tube with an open end of the tube leading to an opening in the end part and the opening is sized to receive the end of the lace, string, filament or other elongate flexible article, the end part having a closed end opposite the open end;
- a securement part extending across and through the end part of the end piece and the securement part is sized and shaped to either pierce or to clamp the flexible article or to prevent extraction of the flexible article from the end part.
An end piece for attachment to a lace, string, filament or other elongate generally flexible article, the lace end comprising:
- an end part with an opening therein sized to receive the end of the lace, string, filament or other elongate flexible article;
- a securement part comprising a pin extending across and through the end part of the end piece, the securement part pin is sized and shaped to either pierce or to clamp the flexible article or to prevent extraction of the flexible article from the end part, the pin has opposite ends;
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- blocking devices on the ends of the pin to prevent the pin from being drawn across and out of the end part.
An end piece for attachment to a lace, string, filament or other elongate generally flexible article, the lace end comprising:
- an end part with an opening therein sized to receive the end of the lace, string, filament or other elongate flexible article;
- a securement part comprising a pin extending across and through the end part of the end piece, the securement part pin is sized and shaped to either pierce or to clamp the flexible article or to prevent extraction of the flexible article from the end part, and
- an object support bridle attached on the pin and operative to support an object on the bridle, the bridle has a respective arm on the pin at attachments at each side of the end part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.