Charles C Deluca

US Patent:

20160025186, Jan 28, 2016

Filed:

Jul 23, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/339311

Inventors:

Charles DeLuca - Merrick NY, US

International Classification:

F16G 11/10
A41F 1/00
A41H 37/00
F16G 11/02
F16G 11/03

Abstract:

A fastener connects two strings together, such as the drawstring of sweatpants or the two shoe lace strings ends of respective shoe lace strings in a pair of sneakers. The body of the fastener is made out of a material, such as highly dense polyurethane foam, that is strong, yet flexible, or of a rigid plastic, that is strong, yet flexible. The two strings to be fastened pass through one or more gripping and/or locking holes in the fastener body. When the shoelace is passed through the gripping and/or locking holes, the dense polyurethane foam grips the lace tightly. The free ends are pulled through one or more peripheral slits extending towards, but not all the way to, the gripping and/or locking holes and then bent against the upper outer surface of the disk and locked in place in the respective one or more peripheral locking slits.

Author:

Charles DeLuca

ISBN #:

0804812128