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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Mai Nonogawa, Kobe, JP;
Keizo Nakanishi, Kobe, JP;
Mai Nonogawa, Kobe, JP;
Keizo Nakanishi, Kobe, JP;
Asics Corporation, Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
A lace fitting structure for fitting an upperwrapping around an instep of a foot to the instep, the structure including: a medial side portioncovering the instep and a medial side surface of a big toe; a lateral side portioncovering the instep and a lateral side surface of a little toe; first shoelace meansplaced to extend in a longitudinal direction Y of the foot and engaged with the medial side portionand the lateral side portionalong central edge portionsof the medial side portionand the lateral side portion; placement means for placing a portion of the first shoelace meansso that the first shoelace meansis exposed in a plurality of exposed areas, which are separated from one another in the longitudinal direction Y; and second shoelace meansengaging, in a transverse direction X of the foot, with the first shoelace meansin the plurality of exposed areasso as to bring the medial side portionand the lateral side portioncloser to each other, wherein a length L of the exposed areasin the longitudinal direction Y is greater than a thickness and a width of the second shoelace means