Patent ID: 7392573
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An improved lacing system, comprising: a shoe; a plurality of clasps, each having an anchoring end and a lace end, said lace end adapted to hold a lace; said anchoring end and said lace end being provided by a single continuous length of material; said anchoring end having a first part and a second part where said first and second parts are movable away from and toward one another; a plurality of receivers attached to said shoe, each being a tube and having a first receptacle and a second receptacle for engaging said first and second parts, respectively; wherein each receiver is sewn to a side of an aperture of said shoe; and wherein said each clasp is removably joinable to said each receiver when said first and second parts are engaged with said first and second receptacles and, when said first and second parts are disengaged with said first and second receptacles, said clasp is separable from said receiver.