Patent · US Expired

Automated tightening shoe

US6896128B1 · kind B1 · utility

87Cited by
3References
20Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 2002
Grant dateMay 24, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 7, 2022

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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