US 12,290,151 B2
Device for assisting with tying laces
Roxane Markevitch, Carouge (CH)
Appl. No. 17/768,068
Filed by Roxane Markevitch, Carouge (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/078523
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/069730, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19202785 (EP), filed on Oct. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090624 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A43C 7/00 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 7/00 (2013.01) [G09B 19/0076 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for assisting with tying laces comprising a first element having at least two pairs of holes, the holes of each pair being connected by a slot, and characterized in that each pair of holes of the first element comprises a first hole with a size adapted to let a lace pass therein and a second hole with a size adapted to block any displacement of said lace, and
a second element having at least two pairs of holes and arranged so as to be superimposed on the first element, and each pair of holes of the second element comprises a first hole adapted to let said lace pass in a first direction and a second hole adapted to let said lace pass in a second direction opposite to the first direction so that said lace could form a loop on the device.