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Shoe fastener
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-11-02
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Granted: 1988-10-18
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Expires: 2007-11-02
Abstract
Abstract A fastener replacing the laces in a shoe. The fastener is comprised of a strip of soft, elastomeric plastic material having openings near its ends for receiving posts on button members which also pass through shoe lace holes. The distal ends of the button posts have enlargements thereon which are received in retainer members which are snapped onto the posts after the latter are in place in the shoe. The buttons and retainer members are also preferably molded of elastomeric plastic material.
Inventors
- 👤 Oran D. Ingram
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 18:13
CPC Classifications
A; A43; A43D; A43D999/00; A43C; A43C11/00; A43C11/22; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/42; Y10T24/45; Y10T24/45005; Y10T24/45021; Y10T24/45225; Y10T24/45602; Y10T24/45775
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A set of shoe fastener, each fastener comprising a strip of soft, elastic plastic material, said strip having openings therethrough near its opposite ends, a pair of button members each having a base and a post extending away from the base, said button members being molded from an elastomeric plastic material each said post having an enlargement at its distal end, the post of said button members being adapted to extend through the openings in said strip and through lace holes in a shoe upper for connecting the strip between opposite holes, and a pair of retainer members, said retainer members being adapted to be snap fitted over the enlargements on said posts for retaining said posts in said holes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
A set of shoe fastener, each fastener comprising a strip of soft, elastic plastic material, said strip having openings therethrough near its opposite ends, a pair of button members each having a base and a post extending away from the base, said button members being molded from an elastomeric plastic material each said post having an enlargement at its distal end, the post of said button members being adapted to extend through the openings in said strip and through lace holes in a shoe upper for connecting the strip between opposite holes, and a pair of retainer members, said retainer members being adapted to be snap fitted over the enlargements on said posts for retaining said posts in said holes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The shoe fastener of claim 1 further characterized in that each of said retainer members has a cavity therein for receiving the enlargement on one of said posts.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The shoe fastener of claim 2 further characterized in that each of said retainer members has a conical configuration with the entrance to the cavity therein in the base of the cone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The shoe fastener of claim 2 further characterized in that said retainer members are molded of an elastomeric plastic material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The shoe fastener of claim 1 further characterized in that said strip is wider at its ends where said openings are located than in the region intermediate its ends.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A set of shoe fasteners characterized as set forth in claim 1 wherein the set includes at least one strip which has the openings therein spaced a greater distance than the openings in another strip.
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