Patent ID: 7343652
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lace adjuster adapted for adjusting a length of a lace composed of two separate lace segments each having a tagged end and an opposite bent end portion, said lace adjuster comprising: a tubular member including a surrounding wall defining an axially extending passage adapted to receive the bent end portions of the lace segments, said surrounding wall having opposite first and second open ends, an inner surface extending between said first and second open ends, and an outer surface opposite to said inner surface, said tubular member having two pairs of diametrically opposite pin-inserting holes, and two pairs of diametrically opposite pivot holes, said two pairs of said pin-inserting holes being axially spaced apart from each other between said first and second open ends, each pair of said pin-inserting holes extending through said inner and outer surfaces, each pair of said pivot holes being positioned between one of said first and second open ends and a corresponding pair of said pin-inserting holes; two stop members inserted into said passage and each jointed pivotally into one pair of said pivot holes, each of said stop members having an engaging part adapted to engage the bent end portion of one of the lace segments; and two inserting pins each of which is insertable removably into one pair of said pin-inserting holes to disengage the bent end portion of one of the lace segments from said engaging part of a corresponding one of said stop members.