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Athletic shoe

  • US 4,366,631 A
  • Filed: 01/15/1981
  • Issued: 01/04/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An athletic shoe comprising:

  • (a) a sole;

    (b) an upper affixed to the sole having a toe portion, a heel portion and a connecting portion therebetween;

    (c) said heel portion having a heel portion embracing counter means having a forwardly extending portion at each side of the heel portion and a rearward portion;

    (d) said shoe having a upwardly facing opening in said upper having an edge, through which the ankle portion of a foot protrudes when said shoe is worn;

    (e) an eyelet-containing substantially U-shaped portion in said connecting portion extending from proximately rearward of said toe portion to said edge of said opening of said upper and having a row of spaced eyelets in each of said legs of said U-shaped portion by means of which said shoe is laced and tied;

    (f) a first ring connecting means affixed to the forwardly extending portions of said counter means at each side of the upper;

    (g) a second ring connecting means affixed to said U-shaped portion near said edge of said opening of said upper;

    (h) an elongated lace having a portion threaded through said eyelets in said U-shaped portion and one end portion of the lace is threaded through said second ring connecting means, thereafter is threaded through said first ring connecting means and then again is threaded through said second ring connecting means all on the same side of the shoe; and

    the other end portion of the lace is threaded through said second ring connecting means, thereafter is threaded through said first ring connecting means and then again is threaded through said second ring connecting means all on the other side of the shoe,(i) the lace is of sufficient length whereby there are end portions capable of being tied over the top portion of the U-shaped eyelet portion to thereby produce drawing together stress between the first ring connecting means and the top portion of the U-shaped eyelet portion at each side of the shoe.

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