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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7676895 | Shoe lace end An end piece for the end of a lace, string, filament or the like flexible article. The end piece includes a tube into which the end of the lace or the like is installed. A pin passes through and across the tube and pierces or traps the end of the flexible article in... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7251868 | Adjustable shoelace A stretchable string (100) having a first cross sectional diameter at rest and a second smaller cross sectional diameter when stretched. An aglet (200) positioned on the string. The aglet has an inner cross sectional diameter that is smaller than the c... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7082652 | Clasp, lace with a clasp, and a shoe with a lace and clasp A clasp particularly for a cord or lace. The clasp can be used in connection with shoe laces or tightening cords for various garments, for example. The clasp has a male portion and a female portion having mutual connecting structures. Each of the male and female por... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7044675 | Leak resistant writing instrument A writing instrument containing an ink reservoir, a writing medium, and a writing tip. Advantageously, a superabsorbent polymer can be associated with any writing instrument element or component, in order to absorb a writing medium to an extent sufficient to prevent... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6968602 | Enhanced shoelaces for maintaining tension with new process for manufacturing and products thereby Enhanced lace tightening system including a plurality of apertures extending through the main body of a shoelace and smoothly finished end caps allowing unimpeded passage therethrough. A process includes a finishing step whereby end caps are generated without frayed... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964625 | Game ball lacing A game ball including a casing and a lacing. The casing has a laced region. The lacing is coupled to the laced region of the casing. The lacing has an exposed surface comprised of an outer material that is compressible, resilient, and tactile. The outer material has... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6938308 | Lace securing and adjusting device A device for securing and adjusting laces, including any types of cord or string, of a wide variety of articles. The device comprises a body, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter. The top surface and the bottom surface of the device may be separated by a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6880270 | Shoe with magnetic fastener An article of clothing includes flexible clothing sheet material having first and second sheet material ends which separate to pass a portion of a wearer body into and out of the article of clothing; and first and second magnetic fasteners which are magnetically att... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6681459 | Adjustable shoelace A stretchable string (100) having a first cross sectional diameter at rest and a second smaller cross sectional diameter when stretched. An aglet (200) positioned on the string. The aglet has an inner cross sectional diameter that is smaller than the cros... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6427298 | Shoelace anglet A shoelace anglet having a front opening at one end thereof, a rounded head at an opposite end thereof, an end slot in the rounded head, a split extended between the end slot and the front opening, at least one protruding portion disposed at a first side ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6412143 | Structure of material for forming a stop at an end of lashing string A material is used to form a stop at the end of a lashing string. The material is made of a plastic material and takes the form of a long strap, which is rolled up and is provided in two long sides with a plurality of ridges and grooves. The ridges and th... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6167599 | Light reflecting tag attached to ends of a shoelace A light reflecting tag for use on ends of a shoelace is made up of a transparent plastic plate, a light reflecting plate and a thin transparent film. The light reflecting plate has one side provided with faceful bead protrusions and the other side with ad... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6112380 | Novelty lace having expandable aglets The invention provides laces, such as shoelaces, having affixed to them repeatedly collapsible and expandable aglets which can form 2- or 3-dimensional objects. The aglets can advantageously be passed through an eyelet thereby making it possible for them ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5979080 | Lace having variable sections for sports boots and sports boot equipped with such a lace A sports boot that includes a sole and an upper attached to the sole, the upper including a first series of return elements distributed across from each other in the frontal portion of the upper, and a second series of return elements distributed across f... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5832574 | Footwear string end tightening acetate tube A footwear string end tightening acetate tube which is made of a transparent cellulose acetate film and is inserted to prevent both end portions of a footwear string weave from being loose, the tube including: an arbitrary advertising character or picture... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5806153 | Lace having expandable aglets affixed thereto The invention provides laces, such as shoelaces, having affixed to them repeatedly collapsible and expandable aglets which can form 2- or 3-dimensional objects. The aglets can advantageously be passed through an eyelet thereby making it possible for them ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5638589 | Shoelace and method of making the same A soft, expanded shoelace is extruded from a PTFE paste. Its ends are permanently hardened by laterally compressing the lace, and terminations are installed on the ends.... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5619778 | Reflective shoe laces and method for making same A reflective lace, such as a shoelace, used for night visibility, and a method of manufacture, is provided by affixing a flexible reflective attachment near the end portion thereof. Preferably, the reflective attachment comprises a thermoplastic tube with... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5584132 | Shoelace tip holder An adapter is provided for attaching decorative articles to shoelace tips. The adapter is small and inconspicuous with an outer cylindrical shape only about one inch in length and one quarter of an inch in outer diameter. The adapter has at one end a fitt... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5272796 | Slip resistant shoe lace and method for manufacturing same A slip resistant shoe lace and a method to make same. A slip resistant shoe lace is provided by weaving strands having a conventional frictional coefficient with at least one strand having a higher frictional coefficiency, where the high-friction strands ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5209667 | Teaching shoelace A shoelace is described for use by young children or the handicapped, which facilitates tying of a bow by providing a moderately stiff end portion; the stiff end portion can retain a loop shape when a pair of spaced locations on the stiff end portion are ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5029372 | Shoelace for children An improved shoelace with an inner core of copper wire strands encased in a cover of clear polyvinylchloride, which is contained in an outer jacket or casing of polypropylene fiber. When the shoelace of the invention is threaded through a shoe and then ti... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5023982 | Shoe lace for athletic shoes A shoe lace for use in athletic shoes includes an elongated strip of cloth covered elastic strands woven into a tubular configuration having a pair of oppositely disposed elongated straight sections that are connected by a pair of curved sections.... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4935851 | Illuminated shoelace and the like An illuminated shoelace including an elongated section of flexible material having first and second ends, and first and second light-emitting elements respectively secured to such first and second ends. The illuminated shoelace further includes a battery ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4930196 | Slip resistant shoe lace A novel slip resistant shoe lace includes an elongated flexible member having a pair of ends, a front face and a back face. A continuous strip of rubber, preferably colored resin material, is applied to and extends along the front and back faces of the el... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4789019 | Wind proof table covering adapted for different shaped tables A wind proof table cover is provided and consists of a sheet of material that is secured to a table top by a drawstring so that a person will not be bothered by wind blowing the cover when used outdoors. In a modification the cover can be used for both a ... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4651447 | Enhancing shoe visibility in darkness A jogging shoe includes a shoelace of folded-over retroflective fabric or tape terminated at each end with a firm tip of diameter less than that of the lace openings in the shoe.... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4144621 | Adjustable resilient eyelet clamp for shoes A resilient securing, fastening or gripping means for the eyelets of shoes for men, women and children replacing the ordinary shoe laces and which is adjustable to fit any shoe.... | 03/20/1979 |
