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Shoe securement apparatus

US5349764A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1992
Grant dateSep 27, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 12, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/3768
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Laces are secured through a shoe by a plurality of guides and indentations along the ankle portion of the shoe to tighten and take up slack of a shoelace which includes mating material attached to the ends and which is secured to a shoe by mating surfaces formed of interlocking bristle-like material, such as a hook and loop arrangement.

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