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Lace tightening apparatus

US4958418A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 19, 1989
Grant dateSep 25, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/3742
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A lace tightening apparatus includes hooking elements or eyelets for tightening two portions towards one another. The eyelets are positioned in a single lacing plane and are inclined with respect to the lacing plane by an angle allowing the lace to be in contact with the eyelet only at two opposite points which are spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction. The lace tightening apparatus is particularly useful on a shoe.

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