Combined footwear and associated fastening accessory
First Claim
1. A combined footwear and associated fastening accessory for use therewith, said combined footwear and associated fastening accessory comprising:
- a footwear having a tongue and a plurality of apertures formed adjacent to said tongue respectively; and
a fastening accessory removably coupled to said footwear, said fastening accessory comprisinga housing removably seated directly on said tongue while remaining intermediately spaced between said apertures,a plurality of deformably resilient elastic arms coupled to said housing and radially extending away from a center of said housing,a plurality of fasteners directly mated to distal ends of said arms respectively, andmeans for selectively adjusting a tension in each of said arms by rotating said housing along clockwise and counter clockwise directions while maintaining said fasteners directly connected to said apertures.
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Abstract
A combined footwear and associated fastening accessory for use therewith may include footwear with a tongue, a plurality of apertures, and a fastening accessory removably coupled to the footwear. The accessory may include a housing removably seated directly on the tongue. A plurality of deformably resilient elastic arms may be coupled to the housing and radially extended from the housing. The arms may include fasteners terminating at corresponding apertures and removably connected thereto, such that the housing may remain centrally aligned on the tongue and prohibited from becoming disengaged. Also, a mechanism may be included for selectively adjusting tension in each of the arms by rotating the housing along clockwise and counter-clockwise directions, while maintaining the fasteners directly connected to the apertures. Further, a mechanism for illuminating the housing when the top cap is in a raised position may be included and may illuminate the housing during walking conditions.
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19 Claims
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1. A combined footwear and associated fastening accessory for use therewith, said combined footwear and associated fastening accessory comprising:
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a footwear having a tongue and a plurality of apertures formed adjacent to said tongue respectively; and a fastening accessory removably coupled to said footwear, said fastening accessory comprising a housing removably seated directly on said tongue while remaining intermediately spaced between said apertures, a plurality of deformably resilient elastic arms coupled to said housing and radially extending away from a center of said housing, a plurality of fasteners directly mated to distal ends of said arms respectively, and means for selectively adjusting a tension in each of said arms by rotating said housing along clockwise and counter clockwise directions while maintaining said fasteners directly connected to said apertures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A combined footwear and associated fastening accessory for use therewith, said combined footwear and associated fastening accessory comprising:
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a footwear having a tongue and a plurality of apertures formed adjacent to said tongue respectively; and a fastening accessory removably coupled to said footwear, said fastening accessory comprising a housing removably seated directly on said tongue while remaining intermediately spaced between said apertures, a plurality of deformably resilient elastic arms coupled to said housing and radially extending away from a center of said housing, said arms terminating at corresponding ones of said apertures respectively, a plurality of fasteners directly mated to distal ends of said arms respectively, said fasteners being removably connected to said apertures such that said housing remains centrally aligned on said tongue and thereby prohibited from disengaging said tongue during walking conditions, and means for selectively adjusting a tension in each of said arms by rotating said housing along clockwise and counter clockwise directions while maintaining said fasteners directly connected to said apertures. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for employing a combined footwear and associated fastening accessory, said method comprising the chronological steps of:
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a. providing a footwear having a tongue and a plurality of apertures formed adjacent to said tongue respectively; and b. providing and removably coupling a fastening accessory to said footwear by performing the following steps i. providing and removably seating a housing directly on said tongue by intermediately spacing said housing between said apertures, ii. providing and coupling a plurality of deformably resilient elastic arms to said housing, iii. terminating said arms at corresponding ones of said apertures by radially extending said arms away from a center of said housing, iv. providing and mating a plurality of fasteners directly to distal ends of said arms respectively; v. prohibiting said housing from disengaging said tongue during walking conditions by removably connecting said fasteners to said apertures and maintaining said housing centrally aligned on said tongue, and vi. selectively adjusting a tension in each of said arms by rotating said housing along clockwise and counter clockwise directions while maintaining said fasteners directly connected to said apertures.
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