Patent ID: 8806778

Claim:
Footwear comprising: a footwear body and an inner body inserted into the footwear body; the footwear body having an upper covering part higher than an ankle portion and having a front opening that opens from the upper covering part to an instep part, the footwear body provided with separate tightening means for each of an instep opening and an upper opening of the front opening wherein a tongue member is arranged in said front opening; through holes are formed in the tongue member going through the tongue member from back to front; the inner body having an upper covering part higher than an ankle portion and a front opening in at least the upper covering part; inner lining eyelets respectively provided on left and right edges of said front opening of said inner body; the tightening means for the instep opening including a first end of a shoelace comprising a single lace or a plurality of connected laces threaded through a first inner lining eyelet provided on one of the left and right edges of said front opening of the inner body and threaded between left to right sides in a staggered state through said instep opening of said footwear body; the tightening means for the upper opening including a second end of said shoelace threaded through a second inner lining eyelet provided on another of either the left or right edge of the front opening of the inner body, and the second end of the shoelace threaded between left to right sides in a staggered state through said upper opening of said footwear body; a medial portion of the shoelace, the medial portion of said shoelace is designed, when assembled, to be threaded through said through holes in the tongue member from front to back; said medial portion being present between the first inner lining eyelet and the second inner lining eyelet and serving as a pull part, configured to be pulled to enable one or both of the tightening means for the instep opening of said footwear body and the tightening means for the upper opening of said footwear body to be tightened; a shoelace guide part for upwardly guiding the medial portion of the shoelace threaded through to the back of said tongue is provided above said tongue member; and a lace fastener is provided on the medial portion of the shoelace guided upward via the shoelace guide part, the lace fastener is configured to hold the pull part in a pulled state, and to hold the front opening of the inner body in a tightened state, and hold either one or both of the instep opening and the upper opening of said footwear body in a tightened state.