Aid for teaching children to tie shoelaces
Patent 5562457 Issued on October 8, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: 
June 21, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
June 21, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 2624957 2646630 Shoe tying instructional device Training shoelace Learning device and method of using same Training shoelace Teaching shoelace Shoelace tying aid Patent #: 5372510 InventorApplicationNo. 493135 filed on 06/21/1995US Classes:434/260, Manipulation of tool or fastener (e.g., zipper, shoelaces, etc.)24/713With holding means fixedly mounted on lacingExaminersPrimary: Mancene, GeneAssistant: Smith, Jerry Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG09B 019/24AbstractA teaching aid to assist in teaching a young child or other person how to tie his or her own shoelaces by correlating the various steps of the shoelace-tying process to a story or other logical sequence of events that the child is familiar with or can quickly learn so that an adult can readily explain the steps of the process to the child and the child can more easily understand, learn and remember the process. A teaching aid according to the present invention is a special shoelace having distinguishable segments provided thereon which are arranged in a predetermined pattern and at predetermined positions on the shoelace so as to provide a guide for describing the manner in which the shoelace is to be manipulated during the tying process. | |
