WO2007043907A1

WO2007043907A1 - Lacing method (variants) and laceable shoes

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Publication number: WO2007043907A1
Application number: PCT/RU2005/000507
Authority: WO
Inventors: Sergey Vladimirovich Tupitsa
Original assignee: Sergey Vladimirovich Tupitsa
Priority date: 2005-10-13
Filing date: 2005-10-13
Publication date: 2007-04-19
Also published as: EA012043B1; EA200701809A1

Abstract

The invention relates to the light industry, more specifically to lacing method which can be used for shoes, garments, including special purpose wear, head-dress, different personal accessories and for fancy goods. Said invention particularly relates to laceable shoes. In the first variant, the inventive method consists in fastening at least one free loop, in movably fixing a lace to jointable parts of a lace fastener by means of fixing elements arranged on said jointable parts thereof or eyelets embodied in the jointable parts of a lace fastener and in fixing and connecting the lace ends. In the second variant, the method consists in fastening at least one free loop, in passing the lace through one or several elements used for movably fixing said lace on the article, wherein the lace ends are fixed to the article and are connected to each other. The laceable shoes comprise eyelet tabs and a lace provided with at least one free loop fastened thereon. The lace is fixed to eyelet tabs in such a way that it is movable with the aid of lacing elements arranged on said eyelet tabs or with the aid of the eyelets embodied therein. The lace ends are fixed or connected.

Description

METHOD OF LACEING (OPTIONS) AND CORD FOOTWEAR

Area of use

The invention relates to the field of light industry, and specifically to methods of lacing that can be used in shoes, clothing, including special purposes, hats, various personal accessories, in haberdashery products. In addition, the invention specifically relates to lace-up shoes.

State of the art

The lacing method is widely known, which can be considered classic when two connected parts are laced together with one lace, the parts are tightly tightened and the ends of the lace are connected.

In this method, which seems quite convenient, proven by many generations, there are a number of disadvantages.

When lacing, it is necessary to tighten the connection using the ends of the lace, they slip out or cut your fingers. It is difficult to ensure strong tightening; you need to drag the lace in separate sections between the holes, preventing the lacing from loosening. You can give an example of tightening the corset, which is necessary not only if you want to give harmony to the human figure, but also for medical purposes. Or to recall the process of tightly lacing boots with skates, when it is necessary that the leg is held tightly in the boot, the ankle joint of the leg is fixed. The reverse process of lining is no less laborious and lengthy. Remember the boot with the ridge, when you have to stretch the cord with your hands in the areas between the openings of the shoulders in order to release the tension on the walls of the shoe until the leg can be removed.

The classic way when lacing shoes has its own inherent use in shoes, disadvantages. The ends of the lace are constantly dangling, there is a chance of their spontaneous untying when walking, running, doing sports. A lace dragging along the ground can lead not only to a person falling, but also to injury if a person steps on this lace with his other foot or another person does it. A dragging lace can simply catch on something. It is possible to tighten the knot to such an extent that it will be very difficult to untie it. It may be easier to cut the lace and replace it with a new one. The ends of the lace shag, get dirty, get wet in rainy weather and are covered with ice in the winter season, which complicates the process of screwing and removing them. A laced product cannot be used for a long time without periodically re-tying the shoelaces. The laces pop out of the upper holes and it is difficult to push back their loosened ends. Laces do not last long, much less than the product in which they are used.

These shortcomings stimulated inventive thought, which led to the creation of more and more inventions devoted to lacing.

It is known when the lace is passed through the blocks on the berets of the shoe, while one of the end sections of the lace, passed through the upper block located on one of the berets, goes to the upper block located on the second beret, through which in turn the other end section of the lace or through an additional block located next to the main one. Both ends of the lace are connected with the formation of a loop for engagement with the latch (RU Cl Nb 2015676, A43C1 / 06, 1994; RU Cl JNb 2019112, A43C1 / 00, 1994).

It is known when laces in the form of a loop are placed in the guiding devices on the berets. The second cord is fixed at one or both ends on the front of the berets, for example in the upper cord guide devices, or is missed in the form of a loop in these or additional cord guide devices. When lacing, the loop of the first lace is pulled through the cord guides in the front of the berets of the shoe, one or both ends are fastened or the loop of the second lace is passed into existing or additional cords guiding devices and linking the loop of the first lace to the second lace or its loop (RU Cl N ° 2146486, A43C1 / 00, 2000).

It is known when the upper closed part of the lace between berets is stretched and fixed on the side of the shoe with a special lock. In this case, the shoes are laced in the direction from top to bottom, and the ends of the lace are fixed at the bottom (PCT Al WO 03/07042, A43C11 / 00, 2003).

There are also many other methods of lacing, which, like the above, are either complicated, at least in terms of knitting lacing and / or knots, or provide additional technical means cluttering the product with lacing, significantly complicating its manufacture, leading to an increase in cost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical results of the invention are to provide lacing that is not inferior in its simplicity to the classical method of lacing, at least for people using a laced product. This eliminates the disadvantages of the classic method of lacing, but retains its advantages. No additional technical means are used, the method is simple and does not significantly increase the cost of the product using lacing.

Technical results are achieved in that the method of lacing includes tying at least one free loop, movably fastening the lace on the connected parts of the cord fastener using fasteners mounted on the connected parts of the cord fastener, or holes made in the connected parts of the cord fastener, and also securing or connecting the ends of the lace.

The steps of lacing can be performed in different sequences.

Initially, at least one free loop can be tied, and then the cord can be movably fastened to the connected parts of the cord fastener. It is possible that when the cord is first movably fastened to the parts of the cord fastener to be connected, and then at least one free loop is tied.

Tying at least one free loop can be carried out between the steps of movably securing the lace on the connected parts of the cord fastener.

There may be an option when tying at least one free loop is carried out between two successive steps of securing the lace on one of the connected parts of the cord fastener. Lacing can be carried out in the direction from the place where the connected parts of the cord fastener are located at the greatest distance from each other, to the place where the connected parts of the cord fastener are located at the smallest distance from each other.

Lacing is possible in the opposite direction, from the place where the connecting parts of the cord fastener are located at the smallest distance from each other, to the place where the connecting parts of the cord fastener are located at the greatest distance from each other.

This version of cord fastener can be used for a wide range of products for completely different purposes. In a second embodiment of the invention, the method involves tying at least one free loop, pulling the cord through the element or through a set of elements for movably fixing it on the product, while the ends of the cord are fixed to the product or connected.

In this embodiment, a different sequence of lacing steps is also possible.

At first, at least one free loop can be tied, and then the cord can be movably fixed on the product.

First, movable fixing of the lace on the product can be carried out, and then tying at least one free loop. Tying at least one free loop can be carried out between successive steps of movably fixing the lace on the product. The second option is intended mainly for waist lacing, when the lace is passed through the belt of trousers. Obviously, it is designed for this kind of lacing in any product. All technical results noted in relation to the first embodiment of the invention are achieved in the second embodiment.

A lace-up shoe according to the invention comprises berets and a lace on which at least one free loop is tied. The lace is fixed on the berets with the possibility of movement using the elements installed on the berets for lacing or using holes made in the berets. The ends of the lace are fastened or connected.

Depending on the order in which the lacing steps are carried out, the fastener may take various forms.

A free loop can be located between the berets in the place where they are located at the greatest distance from each other. A variant is possible when the free loop is located between the berets in the place where they are located at the smallest distance from each other.

A free loop can be located between berets on any of the sites along their length.

The free loop can be located between successive fastenings of the lace on one of the berets, that is, between the elements for lacing or between the holes in the middle or in another place of one of the berets.

With this design of shoes, the ends of the lace do not hang out and do not drag along the ground, the probability of spontaneous untying the laces is reduced, excessive tightening of the knot is eliminated, injuries are eliminated, the degree of contamination of the laces is reduced and their sanitary condition is increased, the laces do not pop up from the upper openings on the berets, the longevity of the laces increases .

Shoes can be worn for short periods of time or when there is not enough time for tying shoelaces without tying shoelaces, since the tied free loop loops neatly on the front of the shoe. The knot is already half tied, so the time for final tying shoes is reduced. Many people who prefer shoes without laces, because they do not like to tie them, will be happy to wear shoes with lacing made in accordance with the present invention.

The lacing made according to the invention is easily tightened by a tied free loop, with equal forces being applied to both ends of the lace, which leads to uniform tightening of the cord fastener. When tightening the lacing, it is easy to fix it, if you tighten the already knotted knot of the loop with two hands.

The option of lacing from top to bottom, when fixing or connecting together the ends of the lace is carried out in the lower part of the shoe, it seems most convenient for its industrial use. The loop of the lace in this embodiment will be located at the place where the berets are located at the greatest distance from each other.

When lacing, according to the invention, high shoes, bags, gloves, various clothes, backpacks, in the latter it is important to use the lacing according to the invention for areas designed to increase or decrease the capacity of the backpack, the entire part of the lace that makes up the free loop goes to expand the inner parts of the product with lacing. The length of the lace can be easily determined taking into account the geometry of the product and the maximum possible extension of the cord fastener.

The free loop in all variants of the invention is, as a rule, in the form of an unstrained simple knot or in the form of an unstrained double simple knot.

For the convenience of using the fasteners, the lace can be made with a hard section, eliminating excessive tightening of the node and facilitating the visual search of the lace section, using which you can untie the node.

A rigid portion may be formed by impregnating a portion of the lace made of a woven material, an adhesive, or a plastic hardening compound, or paint. A rigid portion may be formed by an element covering the cord over the entire or at least one portion of its length, which is made of metal, or plastic, or rubber. A hard portion may be formed by thickening the lace.

It is possible when, instead of a hard section, at least one tightened knot is made on the cord.

The ends of the lace can be glued, brazed, tied or locked.

The ends of the lace can be connected in the area forming a loop, but according to the invention, the connection of the ends of the lace can be located anywhere in the fastener.

The free loop can be knitted with a bow to form at least two loops elongated from the knot.

In the loop section, the lace can be passed through the opening of the tongue of the cord fastener or fixed to the lace-up product.

Examples of carrying out the invention The implementation of the invention is illustrated by the following examples and the corresponding graphic materials.

Figure 1 shows a loose loop tied to a lace. In this embodiment, the loop is tied at the beginning of the lacing and stored on the product until a bow with a knot is formed from it. When tying a loop, the laces around each other can be wrapped once, forming a simple loose knot, twice, forming a double simple loose knot, and even more times. If you wrap the laces several times relative to each other, then when tightening the cord connection a more reliable knot will be formed, which will greatly facilitate tight lacing. It should be noted that any larger number of loops can be pre-tied, including for aesthetic reasons, since many loops will allow you to tie a similar set of bows.

Fig. 2 shows shoes laced in accordance with the invention.

In the upper part in the middle is a loose knotted loop. Further, the laces pass through the holes in the berets, and the parts of the lace go in turn from the openings of the left berets to the openings of the right. In the lower part, where the berets are located at a minimum distance relative to each other, the ends lace are connected (in Fig.2 the connection of the ends of the lace is not shown). Any well-known method for passing laces through holes, parallel, cross or any other, can be used.

It is possible that the loop is located between the elements for movably fastening the lace or the holes in the middle of one of the connected parts of the cord fastener or, in other words, which will be more understandable with respect to the use of lacing in shoes, in the middle of one of the berets. In this case, the loop hangs on the side, which may be of interest when lacing tall shoes, when lacing backpacks in height. There may be a case where the loop is located between the berets on a section of their length, and not above or below, which also provides for the present invention.

In relation to shoes, the lace in the free loop forming section can be passed through the opening of the shoe tongue. Obviously, the tongue of the cord fastener of any product may contain one or more loops for the passage of the lace. This is done to fasten the tongue, to prevent slipping the shoe tongue in the process of wearing it.

Fig. 3 shows a variant of lace-up shoes, in which the ends of the lace pass through the holes in the lower part, where the berets are most closely located relative to each other. At the ends of the lace, thickenings are made to prevent the ends of the lace from slipping out of the openings of the tibia and allowing to tighten the cord connection. It can be rivets installed at the ends or just knotted knots.

In this embodiment, it is preferable when the lacing is performed in a top-down direction or, in other words, the lacing is performed in a direction from the place where the connected parts of the cord fastener are located at the greatest distance from each other, to the place where the connected parts of the cord fastener are located at the smallest distance from each other from friend. This is more clear for the case of using the invention not in shoes, but in other products using the lacing made according to the invention. In FIG. 4, 5, 6 show the steps of tying a free loop to form a bow. Initially, two loop sections are formed on the loop, which are shown in FIG. 4 as sticking up. Further, these sections, denoted by the letters B and C in FIG. 5, are tied to each other, and the lace section indicated in FIG. 5 by the letter A remains and are tightened. In this way, a three-loop bow shown in FIG. 6 is formed. Three bow loops were obtained from sections of the lace indicated in FIG. 5 by letters A, B, and C.

Figure 7 shows a beautifully knitted three-loop bow, where three loops are evenly spaced around the circumference.

The three-loop bow is easily untied if you pull on the loop of the bow obtained from section A (Fig. 5). In this case, not only the untying of the bow, but also the weakening of the lacing.

To avoid excessive tightening of the knot, tightening the loop itself into the knot, as well as to facilitate the search for a section of the lace, pulling which you can untie the laces, the lace is made with a hard section. A hard section can be obtained by impregnating a section of the lace made of a woven material, an adhesive composition, or a plastic hardening composition, or paint. It is possible to obtain a hard section by installing an element covering the cord over the entire or at least one section of its length, which is made of metal (for example, brass), plastic, rubber or leather. It can be just a tube through which the string was previously passed. There may be an option of forming a hard section due to the rod located inside the lace, performing lace with a thickened section. One or several knots can simply be tied on a lace. The reason for increasing the service life of the shoelaces tied in accordance with the invention is illustrated in FIG. In the absence of a bow, for example, when the bow spontaneously untied or was deliberately not tied, the free loop of the lace does not drag along the ground, but lies on the toe of the shoe. Shagging of the shoelaces is excluded, since there is no interaction of the shoelaces with the surface of the earth, the shoelaces, to a much lesser extent, as is the case with the dangling ends of the shoelace, become dirty and wet. Do not step on the lace loop lying on the boot, which eliminates the possibility of injury. 9 and 10, an embodiment is shown when the thickened portion of the lace is located on a portion forming a free loop. In this case, when tying a three-loop bow, the thickening will be located on one of the loops. The thickening can be performed on purpose, or formed by connecting the ends of the lace together, for example by gluing a textile lace.

In Fig. 1, 1 beech A denotes a hard portion on a cord in the free loop area. Which can be obtained by reinforcing a textile or hollow flexible lace made of plastic, inside of which there is a rigid reinforcing element, the length of which corresponds to the length of the rigid section.

As noted above, a hard section can be obtained by connecting the lace, with the ends overlapping. A bandage is applied over the joint as shown in FIG. 12 (indicated by letter A).

The connection of the ends of the lace may be different. A sleeve may be formed from a plastic mass impregnated with a textile cord or with adhesive or diffusion interaction when using a cord made of a polymeric material.

A lock may be used to connect the ends of the lace. Lock designs may vary. This is not the subject of the invention and the possibility of such locks is beyond doubt. In the simplest case, mating hooks to which the ends of the lace are tied can be used. The lock, for example, can be made in the form of two screwed-in bushings, through one of which one end of the cord is passed, and through the other the second. On Fig shows an embodiment of the invention, when the ends of the lace are passed through a free loop at the stage of its movable fastening. In this case, the section of the loop (indicated by the letter A) is located under the sections of the lace (indicated by the letter B) between its fastenings in the holes on the berets.

In FIG. 14 and 15 show how a two-loop bow is knitted. The difference from the method of tying a three-loop bow described above is that the bow is knitted by interlacing not two loop sections, as in the first case, and one loop section and a section of lace without a loop (Fig. 14). It turns out a two-loop bow, shown in Fig.15.

For the case of a two-loop bow, it is not always convenient if the connection of the ends is in the area of the free loop. In this case, it is preferable to make the connection from the opposite side, that is, in the place between the berets (or between the parts of the cord fastener, if it is not used in shoes), where they are located at a minimum distance. At the same time, the hard section of the lace on the knot of the two-loop bow greatly simplifies the untying. Using the invention, it is possible to knit a four-loop bow, which is illustrated in Figs. 16 and 17. Here, two sections are formed from a free loop that are connected, and between these sections, two sections are formed in the sides between the first two sections, as shown in Fig. .16. After tightening, a four-loop bow is obtained, illustrated in FIG.

Thanks to the formation of a loose knitted loop, shoes are easy to carry in bundles when several pairs of shoes are taken by the loop of the laces (Fig. 18). This is advisable when not expensive shoes without individual packaging are delivered to points of sale. You can pay attention in a shoe store, how sellers tie lace shoes with traditional laces at the ends of the laces, so that it is easier to carry such shoes in bundles. The invention makes this task much easier. Shoes for loops can be hung on hooks.

The invention relates not only to shoes, but also to any product where a cord fastener can be used.

In FIG. 19 and 20, a piece of clothing with a belt through which a string is passed is shown.

Here, in the place where the lace comes out of the belt, a free loop is also tied (Fig. 19). From the free loop in the future a three-loop bow is formed (Fig. 20) or any other of the above or any other. An embodiment of the cord fastener on the clothing collar is shown in FIGS. 21 and 22. Here, a pre-knitted loose loop (FIG. 21) is also used, from which an elegant three-loop bow can be tied (FIG. 22), but can be tied any other . It is possible to tighten such a lacing by simply tightening the previously made loop. Imagine a colorful version, when a lot of loops were previously tied to a lace, from which then many bows were formed. The lace can be bright, in the form of an artistically made ribbon.

In the manufacture of clothing, an annular lace with a loop can be sewn into a belt or other similar product element. The lace can be passed through the belt, a loop is tied and the ends connected, after which the connection can be tucked into the waist part by moving the lace.

It is impossible to exclude the case, unconditionally covered by the invention, when the lace is made in the form of a ring. An exception is options when the lace needs to be threaded through holes.

The invention is illustrated by highlighting the options that are most likely to be used. However, it is clear that the invention according to patent claims by these examples is not exhaustive and there may be other embodiments of the invention.

Claims

Claim

1. The method of lacing the product, including tying at least one free loop, movable fastening of the lace on the connected parts of the cord fastener using fasteners mounted on the connected parts of the cord fastener, or holes made in the connected parts of the cord fastener, as well as fixing or connecting the ends of the lace.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one free loop is fastened, and then the cord is movably fastened to the connected parts of the cord fastener.

3. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the movable fastening of the lace is first carried out on the connected parts of the cord fastener, and then tying at least one free loop.

4. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the tying of at least one free loop is carried out between the steps of movably fastening the lace on the connected parts of the cord fastener.

5. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the tying of at least one free loop is carried out between two successive steps of fixing the lace on one of the connected parts of the cord fastener.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that one or both ends of the lace are passed through at least one free loop at the stage of its movable fastening.

7. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the lacing is carried out in the direction from the place where the connected parts of the cord fastener are located at the greatest distance from each other, to the place where the connected parts of the cord fastener are located at the smallest distance from each other.

8. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the lacing is carried out in the direction from the place where the connected parts of the cord fastener are located at the smallest distance from each other, to the place where the connected parts of the cord fastener are located at the greatest distance from each other.

9. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the free loop is made in the form of an unstrained simple knot or in the form of an unstrained double simple knot.

10. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the lace is made with a hard section.

11. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that the hard section is formed by impregnating a section of the lace made of woven material, an adhesive composition, or a plastic hardening composition, or paint.

12. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that the hard section is formed by an element covering the cord on the entire or at least one section of its length, which is made of metal, or plastic, or rubber, or leather.

13. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the lace is made with at least one tightened node.

14. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the lace is made with a thickened area.

15. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the ends of the lace are connected by bonding, or soldering, or are connected, or connected by a lock.

16. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the ends of the lace are connected in the area forming a loop.

17. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the free loop is knitted with a bow to form at least two loops elongated from the knot.

18. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the lace in the loop section is passed through the opening of the tongue of the cord fastener or secured to the laced product.

19. A method of lacing the product, including tying at least one free loop, pulling the lace through the element or through a set of elements for its movable fixation on the product, while the ends of the lace are fixed to the product or connected.

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that first tying at least one free loop is carried out, and then the movable fixing of the lace on the product.

21. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the movable fixing of the lace on the product is first carried out, and then tying at least one free loop.

22. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the tying of at least one free loop is carried out between successive stages of the movable fixing of the lace on the product.

23. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the free loop is made in the form of an unstrained simple knot or in the form of an unstrained double simple knot.

24. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the lace is made with a hard section.

25. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the hard section is formed by impregnating a section of the lace made of woven material, an adhesive composition, or a plastic hardening composition, or paint.

26. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the hard section is formed by an element covering the cord on the entire or at least one section of its length, which is made of metal, or plastic, or rubber, or leather.

27. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the lace is made with at least one tightened node.

28. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the lace is made with a thickened area.

29. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the ends of the lace are connected by gluing, or soldering, or are connected, or connected by a lock.

30. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the ends of the lace are connected in the area forming a loop.

31. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the free loop is knitted with a bow to form at least two loops elongated from the knot.

32. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that the lace in the loop section is fixed to the laced product.

33. Lace-up shoes containing berets, a lace on which at least one free loop is tied, the lace is attached to the berets with the possibility of movement using elements mounted on the berets for lacing or using holes made in the berets, while the ends of the lace are fixed or connected.

34. Shoes according to clause 33, wherein the free loop is located between the berets in the place where they are located at the greatest distance from each other.

35. Shoes according to clause 33, wherein the free loop is located between the berets in the place where they are located at the smallest distance from each other.

36. Shoes according to claim 33, characterized in that the free loop is located between the berets on the site along their length.

37. Shoes according to claim 33, wherein the free loop is located between successive lace fastenings on one of the berets.

38. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the free loop section is located under one or two sections of the lace between its fastenings on the berets.

39. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the free loop is made in the form of an unstretched simple knot or in the form of an unstretched double simple knot.

40. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the lace is made with a hard section.

41. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the hard section is formed by impregnating a section of the lace made of woven material, an adhesive composition, or a plastic hardening composition, or paint.

42. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the hard section is formed by an element covering the lace over the entire or at least one section of its length, which is made of metal, or plastic, or rubber, or leather.

43. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the lace is made with at least one tightened knot.

44. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the lace is made with a thickened section.

45. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the ends of the lace are connected by gluing, or by soldering, or are connected, or connected by a lock.

46. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the ends of the lace are connected in a section forming a loop.

47. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the free loop is tied with a bow to form at least two loops elongated from the knot.

48. Shoes according to claim 3, characterized in that the lace in the loop section is passed through the opening of the tongue of the cord fastener or fixed to the shoe.