US 11,937,666 B2
Lace adjuster
Jonathan Nussbaum, Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to LACECLIP LLC, Miami Beach, FL (US)
Filed by LACECLIP LLC, Miami Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/354,655.
Application 17/354,655 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/690,908, filed on Nov. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,659,885.
Application 16/690,908 is a continuation of application No. 15/301,946, granted, now 10,595,581, issued on Mar. 24, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2015/025763, filed on Apr. 14, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/043,822, filed on Aug. 29, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/018,194, filed on Jun. 27, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/979,491, filed on Apr. 14, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0315315 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 3/34 (2022.01); A43C 1/06 (2006.01); A43C 7/00 (2006.01); A43C 7/08 (2006.01); A45F 5/02 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G03B 29/00 (2021.01)
CPC A43B 3/34 (2022.01) [A43C 1/06 (2013.01); A43C 7/00 (2013.01); A43C 7/08 (2013.01); A45F 5/02 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G03B 29/00 (2013.01); A45F 2005/023 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lace adjuster for selectively adjusting and securing a shoelace of a shoe, the shoelace being coupled to a shoe body of the shoe, the shoelace including a first lace end and a second lace end, the lace adjuster comprising:
an adjuster body; and
a lace end retainer that is coupled to the adjuster body, the lace end retainer being configured to receive and retain the first lace end between the lace end retainer and a surface of the adjuster body;
wherein the lace end retainer is formed from a resilient material that is stretched when coupled to the adjuster body so as to exert a force onto the surface of the adjuster body based on a contact pressure between the lace end retainer and the adjuster body.