Patent Document ID: 20080229562
Application ID: 11725817
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A shoelace tying device for facilitating shoelace tying and teaching shoelace tying, the device comprising: a pair of shoelace pull tabs each attached to a mid-portion of each free lace end forming a pull tab at an apex of a formed loop of each lace for gripping by a child, the pull tab comprising a planar tab having a front gripping surface and a back gripping surface for a child to grasp, the pull tab having two spaced apertures therethrough between the gripping surfaces spaced from the gripping surfaces, the apertures are tapered to squeeze and angled to create friction in order to retain the lace immovably therein, the lace end being threaded up through a first aperture are tapered to squeeze and angled to create friction in order to retain the pull tab in place at the apex of the loop thereby providing a pull tab for a child to grip to manipulate the laces into a bow, the pull tabs facilitating and teaching lace tying, the pull tabs remaining attached to the lace; and indicia exposed on at least one gripping surface of each of the pair of shoelace pull tabs, wherein the indicia represents a topic of interest of an action story used in teaching shoelace tying wherein the topic of interest engages in activity related to the action involved in shoelace tying.