Clamp for shoes, especially sport and ski shoes

Claim 1

A HOOK-LIKE CLAMP FOR THE STRING OF SHOES, ESPECIALLY SPORT AND SKI SHOES, WHICH COMPRISES: A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR BASE PLATE HAVING ONE END PORTION PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID PLATE TO A SHOE AND HAVING ITS OTHER END PORTION FOLDED OVER IN A CURVED PATH IN A DIRECTION TOWARD SAID MEANS TO BE SPACED THEREFROM SO AS TO FORM AN ARCUATE HOOK, AND A RESILIENT TONGUE HAVING ONE END THEREOF INTEGRAL WITH SAID BASE PLATE IN THE REGION OF SAID ONE END PORTION OF THE BASE PLATE AND HAVING ITS OTHER END FORMING THE FREE END OF SAID TONGUE FORMED OUT OF THE PLANE OF SAID BASE PLATE AND EXTENDING INTO THE GAP BETWEEN SAID BASE PLATE AND SAID FOLDED OVER END PORTION SO AS TO BE SLIGHTLY SPACED FROM SAID FOLDED OVER END PORTION FOR RECEIVING AND CLAMPING THEREBETWEEN A SHOESTRING, THE EXTREMITY OF THE SAID OTHER END OF SAID TONGUE BEING LOCATED CLOSELY ADJACENT THE BOTTOM REGION OF SAID HOOK TO PREVENT A SHOESTRING FROM SLIPPING AROUND IN THE HOOK PAST THE SAID OTHER END OF THE SAID TONGUE.