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7392573 Lacing system  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing an improved lacing system having a clasp with an anchoring end and a lace end, where the lace end is adapted to hold a lace. An...
6805395 Tarpaulin rod securing device  
A tarpaulin rod securing device for use with a vehicle having an open area covered by a tarpaulin, the device comprising a first member having a recess formed therein with an access opening to the...
6796008 Reflectorized lace and the like  
A reflectorized lace or the like includes an inner layer, a reflectorized outer layer encasing the inner layer, and a protective layer covering the reflectorized outer layer. The protective layer...
6779281 Shoe with lace tightening assembly  
A lace tightening assembly is applied to a shoe body having eyelet tabs, and includes a mounting seat, a tightening member mounted pivotally in the mounting seat, and a pull cord for operating the...
6701648 Adjustably locking stethoscope identification tag  
An adjustably locking stethoscope identification tag having a first body and a second body, the first body defining a first surface and a second surface, the second body defining a third surface...
6513211 Double helix shoe lacing process  
A process for lacing shoes, for use with any shoe with lace-holes and any shoelace. The process results in shoelaces that follow a path that describes a double-helix, resulting in reduced friction...
6502286 Device for immobilizing the ends shoe laces  
A device ( 1 ) for securing end portions ( 4 ) of ribbon ( 3 ), including a base ( 6 ), having at least two openings ( 17 ), a cap ( 5 ), including at least two openings ( 11 ), wherein cap ( 5 )...
6470542 Device and method for tassels  
A method and apparatus of preserving and protecting decorative tassels after they have become unsightly from wearing of an item, or to prevent their becoming so, particularly on shoes to which they...
6240657 Footwear with replaceable eyelet extenders  
Footwear comprising a sole, an upper, and a lace-binding system comprising a plurality of replaceable eyelet extenders. Replacing eyelet extenders, or components thereof, with others of a different...
6219891 Lacing aid and connector  
A lacing aid which assists in lacing two elements tightly together comprises a first open portion that is easily threaded and engages a lace with reduced friction, and a second portion for...
6112379 Fastener device for strings  
A fastener for cords includes a support body, a first flexible lever arm and a second flexible lever arm. The support body has an insertion device to guide a cord onto a main surface thereof. The...
6029375 Boot with lacing guides  
A sport boot, especially adapted to an in-line roller skate and having an external sole overlaid by an upper including two quarters demarcating an opening which are adapted to be connected to one...
5906057 Sports boot including flexible and traction resistant return elements  
A sports boot that includes a tightening device cooperating with a series of return elements for tightening an upper portion, each return portion including a closed loop made of a flexible and...
5778498 Releasable fastener for foot apparel  
A latching mechanism for securing foot apparel to a user's foot. The latching mechanism comprises a first connecting member, a second connecting member, wherein the first connecting member is...
5761777 Guide device for boot lace  
The guide device for boot lace is constituted by an outer framework (11) possessing mechanical strength properties and capable of being fastened to the boot upper, and by an insert (12) made of a...
5682654 Closure element  
A closure element for attachment to an item is disclosed. The closure element has a helical lacing structure, at least one support brace and a base. In an alternate embodiment, at least one hook...
5572774 Shoe fastening attachment device  
A shoe fastening attachment device comprising a buckle with a structure for mounting the buckle to a pair of eyelets on a first side flap of a shoe. An elongated flexible strap is provided, with a...
5535531 Shoelace rapid tightening apparatus  
A friction reducing shoe device for easing tightening and untightening of the shoe laces. The friction reducing device is positioned atop a tongue portion of a shoe between two opposing edges of an...
5502902 Shoe with central rotary closure  
A shoe with an upper made of resiliently flexible materials has a central rotary closure on an instep cover in an instep area of the upper, and a tightening element that is connected to the central...
5377430 Shoe with elastic closure system  
The present invention is directed to a shoe having an upper and a sole including an elastic closure and fit system for securing and fitting a shoe to a foot. Elastic material is secured along the...
5349764 Shoe securement apparatus  
Laces are secured through a shoe by a plurality of guides and indentations along the ankle portion of the shoe to tighten and take up slack of a shoelace which includes mating material attached to...
5347695 Device for anchoring shoe laces with a quick tightening and slackening  
A device for independently connecting a plurality of eyelets together by lacing with a lace. The device has a plate with a hook for hooking and unhooking the plate from one of the eyelets. A flap...
5291640 Loop attachment for tents and covers  
An article of flat pattern form providing a loop disengageably attached to a margin of flexible sheet material by manipulating a male member at one end of a strap and through a smaller opening of a...
5271130 Lacing system for shoes  
The invention is a lacing system for shoes employing a plurality of strips, wherein the lower ends of the strips are rigidly attached to the lower portion of the shoe and the upper portion of the...
5259094 Shoe lacing apparatus  
A shoe lacing apparatus includes an elongate housing having a pull rod structure directed therethrough, with the pull rod in operative association with lateral hook members, with each hook member...
5158428 Shoelace securing system  
A shoelace retaining system for securing individual free ends of shoelaces after the shoelaces have been tightened on the shoe, with a quick and easy engagable and disengageable retaining means....
5109581 Device and method for securing a shoe  
A device and method for securing onto a foot a shoe having openings adjacent opposed edges and adapted for normally having a lace threaded therethrough, in which a plurality of fastening members...
5074014 Tarp fastener  
An improved tarp fastener is disclosed. The fastener comprises a button and a roughly hair-pin shaped wire retainer, the apical segment is bent out of the plane of the retainer so that the apical...
5042120 Shoe lacing system  
Shoes having outlying lace receivers. The receivers can be in cinch arrangement or allow the lace to freely pass. Shoes with such lace arrangements have a more snug fit. The lacing arrangement of...
5016327 Footwear lacing system  
An improved lacing system for footwear which features a novel flat or rectangular cross section lace, an improved eyelet construction having an essentially straight lace bearing edge which ensures...
4999889 Shoe lace arrangement with fastener  
A shoe lace arrangement with fastener where a lace (24) is engaged in a hole attachment (22) and becomes engaged on a groove attachment (23) as it crosses over a shoe frontal opening (21). The lace...
4974299 Speed closure system for footwear  
A speed closure system for footwear, which includes a first shoelace provided with a plurality of loops which extend through a plurality of eyelets around a throat or a tongue opening in the upper...
4970763 Hook-type speed fastening device with optional integrated, adjustable width, adjustable tension, eyelet capacity  
An improved hook-type speed fastening device with an optional, integrated, adjustable width, adjustable tension capacity is disclosed. In the main, the fastening device includes an inner...
4967459 Unit for distributing and installing rings on pistons  
An automatic unit for distributing and installing rings, particularly composite rings, on engine pistons, and which includes a first device for separating elastic expanders (b 1a) consisting of two...
4916833 Enhanced speed lacing device with an integrated adjustable width, adjustable tension system  
An athletic shoe with an adjustable width, adjustable tension lacing device incorporated within a speedlace format is disclosed. The fastening device includes an eyelet-bearing body with two...
4870761 Shoe construction and closure components thereof  
The shoe construction generally includes a closure component having a set of interleaved, opposed stretchable fingers, and a stretchable cord securing the ends of the fingers together. The fingers...
4733835 Cable guide for bicycles  
A cable guide for affixing a cable or the like to a tube of a bicycle frame comprises a body including at least one base portion adapted to seat on the frame member and having at least one hole, a...
4682447 Lightweight tarpaulin  
A tarpaulin incorporating a novel and structure which will enable the tarpaulin to be readily utilized as an outdoor cover, drop cloth, lawn cleanup sheet and numerous other applications even under...
4633548 Speed lace structure  
A speed lace structure for footwear that allows the footwear to be put on and tightened up quickly. The speed lace structure comprises lacer assemblies and rivet assemblies combinatively secured to...
4538367 Footwear lacing assembly  
This lacing assembly is for use with an article of footwear and includes lower and upper vamp sections connected by a single continuous lace. The lower vamp section includes opposed vamp portions...
4507878 Fastening mechanism  
A fastening mechanism for joining together separable portions of an article including, for each portion, a track with sliders connected together by bridge connectors to limit the movement of the...
4125918 Fastener for lace shoes  
A fastener for lace shoes and the like for utilization in combination with a tied shoe lace, comprising a flat base and a conjoined stem thereon suitable for insertion into a lace hole and a button...
4027360 Tie down brackets for securing bights of flexible members  
A tie down bracket for receiving and engaging a bight or loop in a flexible member, such as a rope or cable, such tie down bracket including a base plate having secured thereto a spring mounting...
3973298 Tie down brackets for flexible members  
A tie down bracket for receiving and engaging a bight or loop in a flexible member, such as a rope or cable, such tie down bracket including a base plate having secured thereto a spring mounting...
3950598 Fabric splice  
Overlapped fabric end portions define a fabric double layer. A plurality of partial loops are formed in the double layer extending alternately in opposite directions transversely of the double...
3889321 Tie down brackets for securing bights of flexible members  
A tie down bracket for receiving and engaging a bight or loop in a flexible member, such as a rope or cable, such tie down bracket including a base plate having secured thereto a spring mounting...
3426397 FABRIC CONNECTOR  
3241203 Integral fastener  
3239903 Tension element  
3221384 Clamp for shoes, especially sport and ski shoes  
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