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Shoelace lock

  • US 4,790,048 A
  • Filed: 11/05/1987
  • Issued: 12/13/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A shoelace lock for threaded shoelaces terminating with a pair of lace end portions extending from spaced shoe eyelets, comprising;

  • a bottom member having spaced openings therein adapted to receive the lace end portions, a top member over the bottom member having means thereon for holding the lace end portions in a spaced condition, a gripping means projecting from at least one of the top and bottom members for gripping the laces as they cross when the top member is rotated 180 degrees with respect to the bottom member with the lace end portions therethrough, and snap lock means for attaching the top and bottom members together after the top member is rotated 180 degrees with respect to the bottom member.

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