Automated tightening shoe
US6467194B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA43C11/165
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An automated tightening shoe with crisscrossed laces and a tightening mechanism which operates in one direction to cause automatic tightening of the crisscrossed laces to tighten the shoe about a wearer's foot, and which can be released easily so that the shoe can be removed from the wearer's foot.
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