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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dana Dolan, East Hampton, NY (US);
Jose R Matos, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lulirama International, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
247154 ; 247121 ; 24713 ; 247155 ;
Abstract
The invention provides laces, such as shoelaces, having affixed to them repeatedly collapsible and expandable aglets which can form 2- or 3-dimensional objects. The aglets can advantageously be passed through an eyelet thereby making it possible for them to be permanently affixed to laces during their manufacture. Thus, a user need not purchase a lace and aglets separately and attach them to each other after lacing an article such as a shoe.