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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary B Burton, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G / ; A43C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24117 ; 2412 / ; 2414 / ;
Abstract
A disc-like body member is arranged to lie flat on the lacing area of a shoe and has a first aperture arranged to receive both the free ends of a shoelace upwardly therethrough. A pair of second apertures also extend through the body member and are arranged to receive the free ends of the shoelace downwardly therethrough after a knot has been tied on the upper surface of the body member. Another pair of apertures may be provided in the body member which are arranged to receive the free ends of the shoelaces upwardly therethrough after the shoelaces have been passed down through the second apertures.