Patent ID: 8316561
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: A43B,A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shoe lace and tongue configuration comprising: a. a shoe upper connected to a sole; b. a pair of lace panels each having a width, a length, and a longitudinal axis along the length of each of said pair of lace panels; c. a tongue, which is elongated and connected to the shoe upper at a tongue lower portion at a distal end of the tongue; d. a pair of plurality of eyelets formed as grommet connections on the pair of lace panels respectively, wherein the eyelets have a plurality of spacing between them; e. at least one line of inter eyelet stitches disposed on a distal section of each lace panel and each line of inter eyelet stitches oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of each perspective lace panel, and each line of inter eyelet stitches spanning across the width of each perspective lace panel extending to an edge of each perspective lace panel, said distal section of each lace panel is defined as a portion of the lace panel from a distal end of the lace panel to a third eyelet counting from said distal end, wherein the at least one line of inter eyelet stitches directly stitches onto the tongue; and f. an elastic member connecting the tongue to the shoe upper at a left and right portion of the tongue, and wherein the tongue remains substantially free from connecting with the pair of lace panels except at the at least one line of inter eyelet stitches, and except by said elastic member; g. a lace installed through each of the plurality of eyelets.