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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
James Stanfield, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James Stanfield Company, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
A combination of a shoe device ( , FIG. ) and shoelace ( ) for use by young children and the handicapped to learn to tie a shoelace bow, is of simple construction and provides simple guidance. The shoe device is in the form of a plate of cardboard or the like, with markings ( ) thereon that represent the front of a shoe. The plate has a pair of holes ( ) through which a shoelace can be threaded. A holdown ( ) spaced from the holes, can be used to hold down the looped end portion of a shoelace. The holdown can be formed by a cut in the plate which forms a tab with a free end. The plate has greater similarity to a shoe by forming the front portion of the plate with a perimeter ( ) that is cut out in the shape of the front half of a child's shoe, with a rounded front end ( ) and substantially parallel sides ( ), and with the plate being decorated, or marked, to represent the front of a shoe.