Patent ID: 7069626

Claim:
A shoe having an improved lacing system comprising: a shoe; a clasp having an anchoring end and a lace end, said lace end adapted to hold a lace of the shoe; said anchoring end having a first part and a second part where said first and second parts are movable away from and toward one another; a receiver having a first receptacle and a second receptacle for engaging said first and second parts, respectively; said receiver includes a removably attachable mechanism selected from the group consisting of a button or hook; wherein said clasp is removably joinable to said receiver when said first and second parts are engaged with said first and second receptacles and, when said first and second parts are disengaged with said first and second receptacles, said clasp is separable from said receiver; wherein said first and second parts are, when an opening force is applied to said clasp, moved away from one another; and wherein said receiver is removably attached to said shoe by the removably attachable mechanism.