Shoe lace replacing and shoe fastening device

Claim 1

A shoe lace replacing and shoe fastening device comprising: a pair of eyelet members, each of said members having a base plate with a plurality of spaced apertures therein having securing means therein for securing each of said base plates to at least a pair of adjacent spaced eyelets generally aligned with at least two of said apertures along each side of the upper of a shoe, each of said base plates having an upstanding peripheral wall with an inwardly extending flange along the upper surface thereof extending partway about the periphery of each base member forming a slotted opening on one side of each base member, the slotted openings in each of said base members opening outwardly from said shoe in opposite directions; and an insert member insertible into each slotted opening, one of said insert members having a U-shaped elongated flange on the upper surface thereof forming an opening between the underside of said flange and the upper surface of the base member on which said U-shaped flange is mounted, and the other of said insert members having an elongated strip secured thereto with readily detachable and attachable mating hook and loop portions of material at spaced locations along the upper surface thereof whereby said strip is insertible between said U-shaped flange and the upper surface of the base member to which said U-shaped flange is mounted and foldable about itself and about said U-shaped flange to engage said hook and loop portions.