Patent ID: 7908769

Claim:
Footwear with a lace fastening comprising: an opening with a first edge and a second edge which are juxtaposed and each of the first and second edges carries a respective plurality of lacing eyes; at least a first lace and a second lace extending through respective pairs of the lacing eyes; wherein the first and the second laces are led through alternating lacing eyes of the respective pluralities of lacing eyes in a manner such that: between two consecutive lacing eyes of the first edge through which the first lace extends, there is at least one lacing eye of the first edge through which the second lace extends; between two consecutive lacing eyes of the second edge through which the first lace extends, there is at least one lacing eye of the second edge through which the second lace extends; between two consecutive lacing eyes of the first edge through which the second lace extends, there is at least one lacing eye of the first edge through which the first lace extends; between the two consecutive lacing eyes of the second edge through which the second lace extends, there is at least one lacing eye of the second edge through which the first lace extends; and such that: between two consecutive lacing eyes of the first edge through which the first lace extends, the first lace extends through only one lacing eye of the second edge; between two consecutive lacing eyes of the second edge through which the first lace extends, the first lace extends through only one lacing eye of the first edge; between two consecutive lacing eyes of the first edge through which the second lace extends, the second lace extends through only one lacing eye of the second edge; between two consecutive lacing eyes of the second edge through which the second lace extends the second lace extends through only one lacing eye of the first edge; the first lace crossing between two consecutive lacing eyes of the first edge through which it extends and between two consecutive lacing eyes of the second edge through which it extends, and the second lace crossing between two consecutive lacing eyes of the first edge through which it extends and between two consecutive lacing eyes of the second edge through which it extends; and wherein the ends of both of the first and second laces converge on both of the first and second edges of the opening, with at least one end of the first and second laces extending through a respective end lacing eye of the fastening provided on each of the first and second edges, and wherein the corresponding ends of each lace converge in respective and separate grips.