Patent ID: 6817070
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
A shoelace fastener for a shoe, the shoe including a shoe body with a pair of eyelet tabs, and a shoelace strung on the eyelet tabs and having a pair of distal lace segments, said shoelace fastener comprising:a fastener body formed with a pair of through holes that are arranged in a first direction, each of said through holes having a hole axis transverse to the first direction; a pair of clamp members, each of which has a pivot portion pivotable relative to said fastener body about a respective pivot axis that extends in a second direction transverse to the first direction and the hole axes, said pivot portion of each of said clamp members partitioning the respective one of said through holes into a lace entry side and a lace exit side respectively proximate to and distal from the other of said through holes, each of said clamp members further having a clamp portion that extends from said pivot portion; and a pull unit secured on and disposed externally of said fastener body; whereby each of the distal lace segments is extendable through said lace entry side of a respective one of said through holes, over a respective one of said clamp members, and into said lace exit side of the respective one of said through holes; whereby tension applied by the eyelet tabs upon the shoelace forces said clamp members to clamp the distal lace segments against said fastener body for maintaining a tightened state of the shoe; and whereby a manual pulling force applied on said fastener body through said pull unit results in relative movement between said fastener body and at least one of said clamp members to permit sliding movement of at least one of the distal lace segments for loosening the shoe accordingly.