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US20080016661A1
US20080016661A1 US11/507,808 US50780806A US2008016661A1 US 20080016661 A1 US20080016661 A1 US 20080016661A1 US 50780806 A US50780806 A US 50780806A US 2008016661 A1 US2008016661 A1 US 2008016661A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C3/00—Hooks for laces; Guards for hooks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C7/00—Holding-devices for laces
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C9/00—Laces; Laces in general for garments made of textiles, leather, or plastics
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/37—Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential cooperating device therefor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/37—Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential cooperating device therefor
    • Y10T24/3726—Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential cooperating device therefor with holding means fixedly mounted on lacing
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/37—Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential cooperating device therefor
    • Y10T24/375—Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential cooperating device therefor having hook shaped directing means

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  • the present invention relates to a shoe product, and more particularly to a structure and a method for adjusting the tightness of a shoe, which can provide different tightness for the different portions of the foot.
  • FIG. 1 shows a conventional shoelace structure, in which, the shoe P 1 is formed in its vamp with a U-shaped gap, a series of inserting holes P 11 is formed at either side of the gap for insertion of the shoelace P 12 .
  • the problem of this conventional shoelace structure is that:
  • the human food includes toe portion, instep, and ankle, and these three portions are different in width and thickness.
  • the shoe P 1 only can provides one degree of tightness, and even after adjusting the tightness of one of the three portions, the shoelace P 12 will average the tightness of the different portions, without providing different degrees of tightness to the toe portion, the instep and the ankle, differently. As a result, the shoe P 1 will be either too tight or too loose, and can't hold the foot comfortably.
  • U.S. Pat. No. M290,838 discloses a multipurpose shoelace structure, as shown in FIG. 2 , wherein the shoe P 2 is formed with a plurality of inserting holes P 21 , and the shoelace P 22 is plain woven by numerous interlaced weft and warp yarns and includes a left strand P 23 and a right strand P 24 .
  • Weft yarns are then equidistantly woven with the warp yarns in the right strand P 24 , forming a plurality of inserting sections P 25 between the left and right strands P 23 and P 24 , and the inserting sections can be opened or closed elastically.
  • the two ends of the shoelace can be inserted in any of the inserting sections P 25 . Once the knot is undone, the both ends of the shoelace are still retained in the inserting sections of the left and right strands P 23 , P 24 , thus preventing the shoe from getting loose.
  • the problem of this multi-purpose shoelace is that:
  • the inserting sections P 25 in the left and right strands P 23 , P 24 of the shoelace P 22 are provided for insertion of the two ends of the shoelace P 22 , and are unable to adjust the tightness between the shoelace P 22 , the shoe P 2 and the respective inserting holes P 21 .
  • the present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages.
  • the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a method and a structure for adjusting the tightness of a shoe.
  • a method for adjusting tightness of a shoe comprises the steps of: a, inserting a shoelace in an inserting hole at the front end of the shoe, and then inserting it alternately through the respective inserting holes in a starting section; b, inserting fixing hooks in any of fixing holes of the shoelace to obtain a desired tightness, thus fixing the degree of tightness of the start section of the shoe; and c, inserting the shoelace through the inserting holes at a rear section of the shoe, meanwhile, fixing the hooks in the fixing holes of the shoelace, thus fixing the tightness of the rear section of the shoe, and finally tying both ends of the shoelace together.
  • FIG. 1 shows a conventional shoelace structure
  • FIG. 2 shows another conventional shoelace structure
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view in accordance with the present invention of showing a structure for adjusting the tightness of a shoe
  • FIG. 4 shows different shoelaces in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 5 is an exploded in accordance with the present invention of showing a fixing hook and a shoelace
  • FIG. 6 shows a fixing hook in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 7 is an exploded in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention of showing a fixing hook and a shoelace
  • FIG. 8 is an exploded in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention of showing a fixing hook and a shoelace
  • FIG. 9 shows a fixing hook in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is an illustrative view of showing the shoelace and the ring of the poisoning hook in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is an operational view in accordance with the present invention of showing how to adjusting the tightness of a show
  • FIG. 12 is another operational view in accordance with the present invention of showing how to adjusting the tightness of a show.
  • FIG. 13 is yet another operational view in accordance with the present invention of showing how to adjusting the tightness of a show.
  • a structure for adjusting the tightness of a shoe comprises: a shoe 10 , a shoelace 20 , and a plurality of fixing hooks 30 .
  • a U-shaped gap is formed in the vamp of the shoe 10 , and a plurality of inserting holes 11 is formed at both sides of the gap for insertion of the shoelace.
  • the shoelace 20 is provided with two inserting ends and a plurality of spaced apart fixing holes 21 formed between the two inserting ends.
  • the fixing holes 21 may be polygonal, rectangular, circular, or irregular-shaped.
  • the shoelace 20 is provided with a plurality of reinforced ribs 22 (as shown in FIG. 4 ) to get a desired structural strength, and the reinforced ribs 22 are staggered with respect to the fixing holes 21 .
  • the fixing hooks 30 are located between the shoe 10 and the inserting holes 11 and are to be hooked in the fixing holes 21 of the shoelace 20 .
  • a starting section is formed between the front fixing hooks 30 (the fixing hooks located at the front of the shoe) and the front inserting holes 11 (the inserting holes located at the front of the shoe)
  • a finishing section is formed between the rear fixing hooks 30 (the inserting holes located at the rear end of the shoe) and the rear inserting holes 11 (the fixing hooks located at the rear end of the shoe)
  • a mid section is formed between the mid fixing hooks 30 (the fixing hooks located at the mid portion of the shoe).
  • Each of the fixing hooks 30 includes a fixing portion 31 and a hooking portion 32 .
  • the hooking portion 32 (as shown in FIGS. 3 , 5 , 6 and 7 ) may be a conical-shaped hook, a two-piece hook, or a pierced hook. The two pieces of the hook portion 32 may be arranged unidirectionally to define
  • the fixing hook 30 ′ (as shown in FIG. 10 ) is a ring 31 ′ in which being formed a hooking portion 32 ′.
  • the fixing portion 31 of the respective fixing hooks 30 is arranged between the inserting holes 11 of the shoe 10 .
  • the method adjusting tightness of a shoe comprises the steps of:
  • the shoelace 20 can be inserted through the ring 31 ′ of the fixing hooks 30 ′ and the hook portion 32 ′ of the fixing hooks 30 ′ is inserted in the fixing hole 21 of the shoelace, providing a tying and fixing effect;
  • the structure for adjusting the tightness of a shoe comprises: a shoe, a shoelace, and a plurality of fixing hooks.
  • a plurality of inserting holes is formed at both end of the U-shaped gap of the shoe for insertion of the shoelace.
  • the shoelace is formed with a plurality of fixing holes, and the fixing hooks are to be hooked in the fixing holes.
  • the method for adjusting the tightness of a shoe comprises: inserting the shoelace through the inserting holes at the starting section and the fishing section, adjusting the degree of tightness of the starting and finishing sections of the shoelace, and fixing the hook in any of the fixing holes at the mid section to obtain a comfortable tightness at the mid section of the shoe.

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US20150257488A1 (en) * 2014-03-14 2015-09-17 Alexis Flores Modified Shoelaces and Associated Methods
WO2016020898A1 (en) 2014-08-08 2016-02-11 ENERGY SEEKERS S.r.l. Lacing system for shoes and shoe manufactured with said lacing system
CN109315873A (zh) * 2018-11-29 2019-02-12 特步(中国)有限公司 一种鞋面可全方位调整的鞋

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US535680A (en) * 1895-03-12 Arthur evans davis
US780377A (en) * 1904-10-21 1905-01-17 George H Nicholls Shoe-lace.
US841419A (en) * 1905-02-10 1907-01-15 Henry F Molkenbur Shoe-lace holder.
US880323A (en) * 1907-08-16 1908-02-25 George H Nicholls Shoe-lace fastener.
US1242774A (en) * 1915-11-26 1917-10-09 Alexander D Curry Closure for shoes.
US2321754A (en) * 1942-09-01 1943-06-15 Arthur W Koehler Flexible chain closure for shoes
US2344963A (en) * 1942-06-12 1944-03-28 Benowitz Aaron Shoelace
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US492193A (en) * 1893-02-21 Fastening device
US535680A (en) * 1895-03-12 Arthur evans davis
US780377A (en) * 1904-10-21 1905-01-17 George H Nicholls Shoe-lace.
US841419A (en) * 1905-02-10 1907-01-15 Henry F Molkenbur Shoe-lace holder.
US880323A (en) * 1907-08-16 1908-02-25 George H Nicholls Shoe-lace fastener.
US1242774A (en) * 1915-11-26 1917-10-09 Alexander D Curry Closure for shoes.
US2344963A (en) * 1942-06-12 1944-03-28 Benowitz Aaron Shoelace
US2321754A (en) * 1942-09-01 1943-06-15 Arthur W Koehler Flexible chain closure for shoes
US6854489B2 (en) * 2003-05-02 2005-02-15 Taiwan Paiho Limited Multi-purpose shoelace structure

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US20150257488A1 (en) * 2014-03-14 2015-09-17 Alexis Flores Modified Shoelaces and Associated Methods
WO2016020898A1 (en) 2014-08-08 2016-02-11 ENERGY SEEKERS S.r.l. Lacing system for shoes and shoe manufactured with said lacing system
CN109315873A (zh) * 2018-11-29 2019-02-12 特步(中国)有限公司 一种鞋面可全方位调整的鞋

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