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Lacing system for shoes

  • US 5,184,378 A
  • Filed: 11/18/1991
  • Issued: 02/09/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lacing system for a shoe having an upper with a vamp, a quarter on each side of the shoe, a counter, and a sole, comprising:

  • a plurality of elongate strips, each strip having a lower portion, an upper portion, and a middle portion, said lower strip portion being rigidly attached near the quarter of the shoe in the vicinity of the sole of the shoe;

    a plurality of lacing eye members at least equal in number to said number of said plurality of strips, one of said lacing eye members being fixed at said upper portion of each of said strips; and

    a plurality of loop means equal in number to said number of said strips, said plurality of loop means comprising a plurality of pairs of spaced apart parallel slits made either through a loop member piece positioned along the medial longitudinal axis of the shoe, or directly through the quarter of the shoe lying along the medial longitudinal axis of the shoe, said pairs of slits running in a direction approximately parallel to said elongate strips, and a lanyard, said lanyard being looped through said plurality of paris of slits, said plurality of loops being defined by the portion of said lanyard lying on top of said loop member piece between said parallel slits or between said parallel slits made directly through the quarter of the shoe, wherein each said strip is movably retained at its upper portion by one loop means and at least said middle portion of said strips lies unattached on the quarter of the shoe.

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