Sport shoe lacing device

• US 4,680,835 A
• Filed: 04/30/1986
• Issued: 07/21/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sheng-Chorng Horng
• Original Assignee: Sheng-Chorng Horng
• Inventors: Horng, Sheng-Chorng
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Application Number:
  US06/857,342
• Time in Patent Office: 447 Days
• Field of Search: 403/211, 403/374, 24/115 H, 24/115 G, 24/115 M, 24/136 K, 24/136 R, 24/136 L, 24/117 R, 24/121
• US Class Current: 24/712.5
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 7/00 Holding-devices for laces
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/101 deforming the cable by moving a part of the fastener
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3713 having relatively movable holding components or surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3969 Sliding part or wedge

Abstract

A lacing device in which the adjusting and maintaining of the vamp can be conveniently achieved. The device is slidably attached at an appropriate position to a lace such that it can be moved upward or downward as desired.

Claims

1. A shoelace lacing device comprising a housing having a central hollow space contained within a rear face, front face, top face and side faces of said housing, a notch being on the rear face of housing, the front face of said housing and side faces of said housing each being provided with an oval-shaped hole, a square hole being provided at a rear end of each side face of said housing, said central hollow space being hexagonally-shaped so as to form front and rear inclined edges, respectively, the surfaces of said front inclined edges being treaded, the top face of said housing having a fastening seat and a oval-shaped hole to clamp the shoelace;

a fastener body which is a bow-shaped element with two ends and an inner surface, one hook being at the inner surface of each end of the fastener such that each hook is exactly fixed to each of said square holes of the housing, and two parallel plates extending into the central region of the fastener body;

a Y-shaped piece comprising a base and extending from said base are elastic tips having holes along the surface of tips for the passage of lace, tiny protrusions extending from the base of the Y-shaped element such that said tiny protrusions can be engaged with a horizontal plate for pressing said Y-shaped pieces.

2. A shoe lacing device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the Y-shaped element presses the shoe lace against the tread on the surface of inclined edge.

3. A shoe lacing device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the Y-shaped element is an elastic structure such that the tips of said Y-shaped element are flexible.