Patent ID: 6681460
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
A double-bow shoe lace device for a shoe with a pair of eyelet tabs, said shoe lace device comprising:a shoe lace having first and second lace segments, said first lace segment being adapted to be strung on the shoe so as to form a criss-cross pattern on the eyelet tabs, said second lace segment including first and second lace sections, each of said first and second lace sections having a lower end connected to said first lace segment so as to be adapted to be anchored on a respective one of the eyelet tabs, each of said first and second lace sections further having an upper end; a first loop assembly including a first distal lace segment, a first inverted U-shaped lace segment having a first end connected to said first distal lace segment, and a second end connected to said upper end of said first lace section, and a fastening unit for fastening together said first distal lace segment and said first and second ends of said first inverted U-shaped lace segment; a second loop assembly including a second distal lace segment, a second inverted U-shaped lace segment having first and second ends, and a decorative knot connected to said second distal lace segment, said first and second ends of said second inverted U-shaped lace segment, and said upper end of said second lace section; and a clamp member sleeved slidably on said first loop assembly and permitting said upper end of said second lace section to extend therethrough, said clamp member including an elongate casing having an open lateral side and formed with a hole unit that permits extension of said first loop assembly and said upper end of said second lace section therethrough; a clamping block slidably received in said casing and formed with a slot unit for extension of said first loop assembly and said upper end of said second lace section therethrough; and a biasing member disposed in said casing and biasing said clamping block toward said open lateral side of said casing, thereby clamping said first loop assembly and said upper end of said second lace section between said clamping block and said casing, downward movement of said clamp member along said first loop assembly bringing said lower ends of said first and second lace sections closer together for tightening the shoe, upward movement of said clamp member along said first loop assembly permitting said lower ends of said first and second lace sections to move away from each other for loosening the shoe.