Patent ID: 6026548
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A43C,F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
A system securing a shoe onto the foot of a wearer, the shoe having an upper part with a pair of opposed edges to be drawn together in securing the shoe onto the foot, said upper having a plurality of openings, such as eyelets, therein and adjacent each of said edges, said system comprising:an elastic shoelace having a pair of ends, each said end having an elongated, covering of an elastomeric material, the elongated covering being configured into a cylindrical shape with the longitudinal axis of said shape having a specified radius of curvature so as to promote the ease with which said shoelace end can be threaded through said shoe's eyelets, anda dual cord fastener having a pair of passages adapted to allow said shoelace ends to pass there through and to lock two prescribed points on the length of said shoelace from moving relative to said fastener.