Patent ID: 6568048
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
A shoe comprising:a shoe body having a pair of eyelet tabs; and a shoe lace device including first, second, third and fourth lace sections, each of which has a lower end and an upper end, said lower ends of said first to fourth lace sections being anchored on said shoe body, said upper ends of said first and second lace sections being interconnected to form a first loop, said upper ends of said third and fourth lace sections being interconnected to form a second loop, a clamp member sleeved slidably on medial portions of said first to fourth lace sections, downward movement of said clamp member along said first to fourth lace sections bringing said lower ends of said first to fourth lace sections closer together for tightening said shoe body, upward movement of said clamp member along said first to fourth lace sections permitting said lower ends of said first to fourth lace sections to move away from each for loosening said shoe body, and a decorative knot secured on and disposed externally of said clamp member, said decorative knot being disposed between said first and second loops, and having a knot portion and a pair of distal portions extending from said knot portion, wherein said clamp member includes: an elongate casing with opposite lateral open end portions that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction, each of said open end portions being formed with a pair of vertically extending hole units that are arranged in a second direction transverse to the first direction and that permit extension of said medial portions of a respective pair of said first and second lace sections and said third and fourth lace sections therethrough; a pair of clamping blocks slidably and respectively received in said open end portions of said casing, each of said clamping blocks being formed with a pair of vertically extending slot units that correspond respectively to said pair of said hole units in the respective one of said open end portions of said casing for extension of said medial portions of the respective pair of said first and second lace sections and said third and fourth lace sections; and a biasing member disposed in said casing and having opposite ends that abut respectively against said clamping blocks for biasing said clamping blocks outwardly of said open end portions of said casing, thereby clamping said medial portions of said first to fourth lace sections between said clamping blocks and said casing.