Patent ID: 8782926

Claim:
Footwear provided with an upper covering part higher than an ankle portion and a front opening that opens from the upper covering part to an instep part, and having separate tightening means for each of an instep opening and an upper opening of the front opening, the footwear comprising: 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 between left and right sides of said instep opening in a staggered state; the tightening means for the upper opening including a second end of said shoelace threaded between left and right sides of the upper opening in a staggered state; a medial portion of the shoelace, said medial portion being present between the tightening means for the instep opening and the tightening means for the upper opening and serving as a pull part configured to be pulled to enable one or both of the tightening means for the instep opening and the tightening means for the upper opening to be tightened; a lace fastener configured to hold the pull part in a pulled state and to hold either one or both of the instep opening and the upper opening in a tightened state; a tongue member provided in said front opening; the tongue member includes a front that contacts the shoelace; a part of the medial portion of said shoelace is arranged in the front of the tongue member so as to be disposed between the front a surface of the tongue member and the shoelace of the tightening means for said upper opening, whereby the part of the medial portion of the shoelace and the shoelace of the tightening means for the upper opening directly intersect and overlap; a shoelace guide part for upwardly guiding the part of the medial portion of the shoelace threaded through to the front surface the front of the tongue member provided on said tongue member; and the lace fastener is provided on the medial portion of the shoelace guided upward via the shoelace guide part.