Shoe securement apparatus with lace and groove fasteners
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Feb 23, 1999
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Apr 25, 1997
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A shoe securement apparatus for a shoe employing a lace having opposite ends to interconnect two sides of the shoe. The apparatus includes a fastener plug attached to each of the opposite ends of the lace, a guide formed on each side of the shoe for engaging and directing the lace and a channel formed on each side of the shoe for receiving one end of the lace and its fastener plug. The fastener plug is forcibly engageable with the channel to secure the lace in the channel with the fastener plug being formed of a soft, flexible material such as a polymer. In one embodiment of the invention, the guide in an inclined groove and in another embodiment of the invention the guide is a knob with a curved wall which engages the lace. In yet another embodiment of the invention the lace is formed of a soft, flexible material such as a polymer.
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