Shoe lace clasp

Claim 1

A SHOE LACE CLASP COMPRISING A U-SHAPED BASE DEFINED BY A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED LEGS AND A BRIDGE MEMBER CONNECTING THE PAIR OF LEGS AT ONE END THEREOF, THE BRIDGE MEMBER AND LEGS HAVING INNER SURFACES, THE BRIDGE MEMBER BEING CUT-AWAY ADJACENT THE CONNECTED ENDS FORMING A U-SHAPED PASSAGE COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE LEGS AND TERMINATING IN A SEAT ON THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE LEGS, ABUTMENT MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THE LEG INNER SURFACES AND SPACED FROM THE SEAT, A GRASP ARM EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BRIDGE MEMBER AXIALLY OF THE PASSAGE FROM A LOCATION SPACED FROM THE SEAT, A BORE FORMED THROUGH EACH OF SAID LEGS NEAR THE FREE ENDS THEREOF AND IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, AN ELONGATED LEVER ARM HAVING A HEAD AT ONE END PORTION THEREOF, THE HEAD HAVING A FACE DIRECTED TOWARD THE OTHER END OF THE LEVER ARM WITH THE FACE TERMINATING IN AN EDGE MEANS SPACED FROM A LONGITUDINAL SURFACE OF THE LEVER ARM, A BORE FORMED TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE HEAD, THE LEVER BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE BASE BETWEEN THE LEGS, A PIVOT PIN PASSING THROUGH THE LEG AND HEAD BORES, THE FREE END OF THE LEVER ARM EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF THE BASE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE GRASP ARM WITH A SURFACE OF THE LEVER ARM FORWARDLY OF HEAD ABUTABLE AGAINST THE ABUTMENT MEANS IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM THE BRIDGE SEAT, THE HEAD FACE EDGE MEANS BEING VARIABLY SPACEABLE FROM THE BRIDGE INNER SURFACE ON ROTATION OF THE LEVER ARM ALONG AN ARC GENERATED BY A RADIUS EXTENDING FROM THE PIVOT PIN AXIS AND THE FACE EDGE.