Automated tightening and loosening shoe
US6032387A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA43C11/165
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An automated tightening and loosening shoe with rigid, semi-rigid or flexible polymer bands functioning as laces, and a tightening mechanism which operates in one direction to cause automatic tightening of the rigid, semi-rigid or flexible polymer bands to tighten the automated tightening and loosening shoe about a wearer's foot, and which operates in a reverse or loosening direction to cause automatic loosening of the rigid, semi-rigid or flexible polymer bands so that the automated tightening and loosing shoe can be removed from the wearer's foot.
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