Patent ID: 7309235
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: A43B,A43C,G09B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An instructional shoelace having opposite ends and being of a predetermined total length between said opposite ends, said shoelace comprising: first and second half sections of substantially half of said shoelace predetermined total length each and having outer ends with tips and inner ends with said inner ends being permanently secured together to form said shoelace; each of said first and second half sections having at least one ridge intermediate its said inner and outer ends, said at least one ridge extending a defined distance along the length thereof; said shoelace first half section having a predetermined first color and said second half section having a predetermined second color; at least one of said first and second half sections having at least one marking located thereon for aiding in tying a bow in said shoelace after said shoelace has been laced onto a shoe by identifying the area of said at least one half section of said shoelace is to have another part of said at least one half section of said shoelace to cross over said marking to form a loop by said at least one half section of said shoe lace.