Patent ID: 6513211
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for lacing a shoe having a plurality of lace-holes in two parallel rows, with a shoelace, in which the path followed by the shoelace describes a double helix, comprising the following steps:initial insertion of one lace-end through the lowest lace-hole in one of the rows of lace-holes, entering the upper surface of the lace-hole and emerging on the under surface; insertion of the other lace-end through the lowest lace-hole in the other row of lace-holes, entering into the under surface of the lace-hole and emerging on the upper surface; pulling the lace-ends until there is no substantial slack in the shoelace between the lowest pair of lace-holes and each side of the unlaced shoelace is of approximately equal length; sequentially, for each of the remaining pairs of lace-holes: inserting the lace-end that emerges on the under surface of a lace-hole into the under surface of the next higher lace-hole on the opposite side, inserting the lace-end that emerges on the upper surface of a lace-hole into the upper surface of the next higher lice-hole on the opposite side, and pulling both lace-ends until there is no substantial slack in the shoelace between the lace-holes; and finishing when shoelace has been passed through the highest pair of lace-holes desired to be laced; wherein the process of said shoelace double helix resulting in reduced friction for faster and easier tightening and loosening said shoelace.