Patent ID: 11963584
Assignee: DYNASTY FOOTWEAR, LTD.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A shoe comprising:
a sole;
an upper, extending above the sole and defining an approximately U-shaped forefoot opening, that includes a front section, a first side, a second side, a rear section, and a tongue that originates from the front section and extends rearwardly between the first side and the second side under the forefoot opening; and
a first elastic lace, extending over and across the tongue from the first side to the second side, looping around, by extending around the external circumference of, an element that is at least one of disposed inside of, or embedded within, the upper, and then extending over and across the tongue from the second side back to the first side; and
a second elastic lace that at least one of (a) is fixedly attached close to an edge of the approximately U-shaped forefoot opening or (b) runs between layers of the upper and is anchored close to the base of the shoe.