Patent ID: 6178606
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for securing the shoelaces of shoes, comprising the steps of:a) providing an outer cylinder sized for use on human shoes having four apertures in both longitudinal walls thereof for receiving shoelaces, being open at one end for receiving an inner member;b) providing an inner rod shaped member having four apertures in the longitudinal walls thereof for receiving shoelaces;c) inserting movably said inner member into said outer cylinder;d) biasing outwardly said inner member from said outer cylinder;e) pushing said inner member inwardly into said outer cylinder in order to align said apertures of said inner member with said apertures of said outer member;f) threading one shoelace through one pair of aligned apertures while said apertures are aligned;g) threading said one shoelace back through an adjacent second pair of aligned apertures while said apertures are aligned;h) threading a second shoelace through a third pair of aligned apertures while said apertures are aligned;i) threading the second shoelace back through a fourth pair of aligned apertures while said apertures are aligned; andj) releasing said inner member, said shoelaces being secured between said apertures of said inner member and said apertures of said outer cylinder as said inner member is biased outwardly.