AU2012100013A4 - Encapsulated Lace Tightener and Lock - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to shoelace, lace, cable, wire, string, belt and or otherwise fasteners. The herein said apparatus has the combined functionality features of one; a retractor, two; a storer & retainer, three; a fastener, four; a tightener and lock for shoelaces, laces, cables, strings, wires, belts and or otherwise that prior arts do not possess as a whole. Preferred embodiments of the herein said retainer, fastener, tightening apparatus invention will primarily be used as a storage, storage, retraction, tightening, fastening and locking apparatus for shoelaces, laces, cables, strings, wires, belts and or otherwise in the shoe and or otherwise industries for use of children who cannot tie their own shoe lace, sports people who are dependent on their lace not coming lose and or undone while performing sports, men & women who want ease, simplicity, quick and the effectiveness of a tightening, retaining, storage, locking and fastening apparatus that provides ease and simplicity of application for all abilities and or disabilities. There will never be the necessity of pulling, tying knots, retying knots, disposing of leftover shoelace and or lace that is left in a loop or the need for bundling, squashing and or otherwise as the herein said apparatus securely and securely stores away, tightens, fastens and locks the shoelace, lace, wire, string, cable, belt and or otherwise within its retaining chamber. The herein said apparatus can be manually operated via the turning of the dial by hand and or via a button being pushed so that the electronically solar powered mechanism will begin to automatically tighten and loosen the shoe around the foot of the wearer. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The discussion of the prior art within this specification is not, and should not be taken as, an admission of the extent of common general knowledge in the field of the invention. Rather, the discussion of the prior art is provided merely to assist the addressee to understand the invention and is included without prejudice. Existing techniques for in-situ of shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise prior arts typically are either portable or permanent in nature, require the assistance of other apparatuses or permanently affixed and or efforts from persons installing the prior art apparatus thereof. This is labour intensive and leaves loose lacing to be manually disposed of by the person and or persons for those prior art apparatuses to work. Additionally, additional apparatus is needed to assist the prior arts in stowing away the loose lacing. Improvements to the efficiency of any of these prior arts and existing processes will be highly advantageous for all sports, business, children, adults, and disabled people and or for the entire market of shoe wearers. The herein said apparatus virtually combines all the prior arts inventions features such as one; designs, two; applications versatility and three; methods of usage providing the herein said apparatus with unmatched features and functionalities of one; engaging, two; retracting, three; tightening, four; fastening, five; storing, six; permanent locking, seven; simple disengagement, eight; refit with ease nine; appropriate for all shoes and or shoe types, shoelaces, laces, strings, wires, cables, belts and or otherwise. The herein said apparatus invention is purposely designed and manufactured to possess all of these combined features and functionalities to retract, retain, store, tighten, fasten, lock, detach, attach, design variations, applied to all type of shoelace and or lacing to provide the simplicity of 2|Pagef methods of usage into two simple steps, one; insert and two; rotate that prior arts have not been able to accomplish. There is absolutely no need for any assisting apparatuses to help engage, retract, store & retain, tighten, lock and fasten any shoe type's shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise as the herein said apparatus accomplishes all of these different combination of functionalities through innovative and cutting edge designs which are herein stated, claimed and illustrated. DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ARTS Current existing concerns resolved by the herein said apparatus. It is well known that most shoes require tying and untying the two ends of the shoelaces together to fasten and lock the lace thereof via knotting or prior arts apparatuses at every use, and many times the laces come undone prematurely which, of course, is not desired. Also, tying of shoelaces is difficult or almost impossible for some wearers such as old age, children and or those with different abilities and or disabilities. For example, parents may be required to spend time and exertion tying young children's laces. Once tied, children through normal wear may step on the lace ends causing the lace to come untied. For children, adults, sports people and those with disabilities, laces which come undone prematurely represent at best more work to retie and at worst an opportunity for an accident. For sports professionals they do not have the luxury of stopping mid competition to retie their untied shoelaces and if not retied, they may lose the race or not make the basket or cannot catch the ball and or otherwise which may cost the individual competitor and or the club owners millions of dollars. The result of an injured star caused by untied shoe laces should not be a worry. Persons with problems and or disabilities with manual dexterity, such as arthritis sufferers, old age, children and or otherwise will find tying and retying shoelaces, laces, strings, wires, cables, belts and or otherwise to be very difficult if not impossible. The present invention solves all these problems by providing a shoelace fastening apparatus that users can operate with simplicity and less effort as it is only a two steps process being one; insert and two; rotate or push a button and then the solar powered electronic mechanism version of the herein said invention tightens and or loosens the shoes via a push of a button. The electronic version of the invention will be fitted to all versions, such as the portable, permanent and detachable versions of the herein said invention. This eliminates complicated pulling, tying knots and or otherwise, dexterity and the wastage of time necessary to retie knots. It also eliminates premature unfastening as the herein said apparatus stores the shoelace and or lace within the storage chamber section of the apparatus therefore tightening the shoe perfectly to the wearer's comfort and then the lace and or shoelace is permanently fastened and locked away within the storage chamber until the wearer chooses to loosen the shoelace, lace, wire, string and or otherwise. There is no dangling and or looping shoelace, lace, string, cable, wire, belt and or otherwise protruding from the shoe and or item as the shoelace, lace, wire, string, cable and or otherwise is securely stored and contained within the storage chamber section of the herein said apparatus. Absolute no loose lacing, wiring, string, cable and or otherwise as they are securely retained and locked away safely. There are also concerns for shoes that are manufactured without shoelaces and or lacing, but are tightened by elastic materials fitted to the manufactured shoe. There are three primary concerns with these shoe types such as, one; the shoe can easily come off the foot of the wearer, second; it would alternatively cause bruising and or calluses on the heal of the wearer, third; the elastic material through normal wear do not last and they soon lose their elasticity. The herein invention 31Page would be an asset and resolves these concerns of slip on shoe types and provide a more perfect and tight glove like fit which would eliminate the bruising and calluses, no elastic material needed for securing of the foot to the shoe and the shoe will never come off the foot of the wearer as the herein said apparatus would be fitted to the shoe as illustrated in FIG 8a, 8b, 7a, 7b, 6, 5, 4b, 4a and 10. A variety of devices have been developed for locking shoelaces without requiring the tying thereof. For the most part, these devices present some benefits, but often they are overly complicated such as they are not practical and can necessitate a portion of the apparatus to be permanently attached to the shoe, thus either requiring that the device be made as an integral permanent fixture of the shoe or subsequently requiring a permanent modification of the shoe. Also, some prior arts require two or more parts to be fitted perfectly together to provide the desired results. This presents different concerns, such as, one; a manual may be needed to fit such an apparatus, two; prove more difficult for people with different abilities and or disabilities and three; if one of the parts go missing then the rest of apparatus as a whole are of no more use and void of usage. The present invention does not require any changes to the shoe itself unless otherwise specifically designed and manufactured to fit a certain style, trend and or design for a targeted market, but the herein said apparatus invention is absolutely portable and can quickly and easily be attached or detached and transferred between different shoe types and or shoelaces, laces, strings, wires, belts and or otherwise within seconds. Thus the innovative design of the herein said apparatus is applicable to all laced, stringed, wired, belted, cabled and or other products that currently exist in the stream of commerce. The complexity of fitting shoes is resolved by the herein said apparatus, because of the combined features and functionalities herein illustrated, stated and claimed that provides a simple two steps process of one; insert and two; rotate and or a press of a button. A major concern with previous quick-release shoelace locks is that they may accidentally become disengaged relatively easily. As with tied laces, if a locking device is too easy to release, young children may take them off when it is desired that they not do so as it would be difficult and complex for them to refit the apparatus. Again, the herein said apparatus invention solves this problem by providing a storage and or storage chamber which permanently locks the shoelace and or lace away. It is totally tamper proof unless they break the herein said apparatus into pieces. This feature therefore guards the apparatus against unwanted manipulation by a child, adult and or otherwise. The herein said apparatus in reverse if the wearer removes it can easily and simply be refitted in two steps being one; insert and second; rotate and or a press of a button. Even a child and or disabled persons can easily fit and or refit their shoe and or item without any assistance from a parent, carer and or otherwise. Another problem with previous quick-release shoelace locks is that those that are not integral with the complexity of the apparatus may result in it easily coming entirely detached from the shoe when not in use. This invention solves that problem via the internal locking mechanism that engages the aglet in place. At the same time, complete disengagement and or separation from the herein said apparatus embodiment is possible according to the preference and desire of the wearer by simply giving a gentle tug to the lace, shoelace, string, wire, cable, and belt and or otherwise which will completely detach the herein said apparatus from the shoe and shoelace and or likewise items. There are current prior arts that have some of the features of this herein said apparatus invention, but none of them possess the combination of functionalities being one; engaging, two; retracting, three; tightening, four; fastening, five; storing, six; permanent locking, seven; simple 4|1Pag Ee disengagement, eight; refit with ease nine; appropriate for all shoes and or shoe types, shoelaces, laces, strings, wires, cables, belts and or otherwise accompanied by the three design innovations of; one; temporary fit, two; permanently manufactured on the shoe and three; provides an apparatus that is both permanently fixed with a completely detachable apparatus that detaches from the fixed base of the apparatus thus becoming an independent apparatus that can be reattached to another totally different shoe and or shoe type. All other prior arts are either fitted to the shoe temporary or they are solely manufactured with the shoe as a permanent fixed component and or part thereof, but the herein said apparatus are threefold designed, one; transferrable between all shoe types, two; it has the ability to be designed as a permanent part and or component of a shoe type and three; permanently fixed with a detachable portion of the herein said apparatus that becomes an independent devise. Accordingly, because of its threefold featured designs of temporary, permanent and permanent with detachable capabilities provides the herein said apparatus with an absolutely distinctness from prior arts in: One; application versatility, Two; design innovations and Three; methodology of usage and functionalities. Another feature of these prior art inventions either have hidden or shown laces, shoelaces, string, wires, belt and or otherwise, but the herein said apparatus has the ability to be designed according to the style, fashion, occasion, disability, sports and or otherwise dictated for the laces and or shoelaces to be either designed to be hidden or shown as the herein said apparatus illustration and disclosures. Therefore, the herein said apparatus invention provides disabled, children, parents, adults, sports professionals & enthusiasts and or otherwise with many combined features and functionalities of storage, perfect & precise tightening mechanism, permanent locking fastening and reattachment features that none of the prior arts invention possess combinely as a whole. Therefore the herein said apparatus is tamper proof, light, stylish, portable or permanent, fashionable, strong, quick, simple, applied to all shoe types, design to cater for all needs and very effective in its simplicity of functionalities & methods of usage. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The herein said embodiment apparatus invention has the combined features and abilities to one; engage, two; retract, three; retain and or store, four; tighten, five; fasten and lock the shoelace and or lace securely in place whilst it being worn by the wearer. To release you simply press and or push the button and or lever which releases the grip of the tightening teeth and the shoelace, lace, wire, string and or otherwise either manually and or via the solar powered electronic mechanism. There is no possibility of lace becoming undone, untied, spilling and or otherwise as the lacing, shoelace, wire, cable, string and or otherwise is fully retained within the retainment chamber section of the herein said apparatus. Through the versatility in varied designs, the herein said apparatus is one; absolutely portable, mobile and or transferable between one shoe to another totally different shoe and or shoe type, such as; a different occasion, size, fashion, style, disabled, sports and or otherwise or two; can be a permanent fixture of the shoe and three; it is designed to be a permanent fixture of the shoe with a detachable apparatus that becomes independent and can easily be refitted to a totally different shoe and or shoe type. Now because this apparatus can and will also be designed as a permanent part and or component of the shoe, it will be manufactured to suit specific occasions, markets, styles, fashions abilities, disabilities, sports and or otherwise. The primary designs, applications and functionality of the herein said apparatus that differentiates it from other prior art apparatuses are, one; permanently fixed and or fully manufactured with the shoe and or two; portable design version that can be 5IPage transferred from shoe to shoe and or three; a permanent fixture within the shoe that has a detachable apparatus that can be transferred from shoe to shoe according to the needs of the wearer. The herein said apparatus invention may be described in its entirety as an embodiment apparatus invention for connecting ends of the shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise through the apparatus' strategically located entry holes where it is locked in place ready to be tightened and or permanently fixed and detachable apparatuses that retracts and detracts internally sewn lace, string, wire and or otherwise therefore perfectly tightening and or loosening the shoe around the foot of the wearer. The dial located on the top of the herein said apparatus invention and is thereafter operated manually via turning and or rotating the dial clockwise and or automatically via a push of a button and the solar powered electronic mechanism which thereafter the shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise is retracted into the storage chamber of the herein said apparatus thereby perfectly tightening the shoe around the foot of the wearer and then finally stored, locked and permanently fastened in place within the retaining chamber of the herein said apparatus. For the shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise to be loosened from the shoe and or item, the wearer simply manually turns and or rotates the dial anti-clockwise until it is loosened slightly or completely loosened for the item, such as a shoe, pants and or otherwise to be completely removed and or the wearer simply presses the button on the apparatus and the automated solar powered mechanism of the apparatus will automatically loosen the shoe around the foot of the wearer. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. I a shows the bottom and top elevations of the herein said apparatus. FIG. lb is the side elevation view of the embodiment with the right side shoelace hole shown. FIG. I c is a perspective view of the optional design of the herein said apparatus invention with the left lace already inserted into the left shoelace hole and the right lace beginning to enter the shoelace hole on the right side of the herein said apparatus. FIG. 2c shows the shoelace being completely retained in the containment chamber, tightened, locked and fastened permanently in place. FIG. 2a shows the shoelace completely loosened and the herein said apparatus is being placed ready for use. FIG. 2b shows the shoelace being slightly tightened as the dial is being turned. FIG. 3a shows a simple design of the internal, how the shoelace fits internally from a top perspective. FIG. 3b shows the side perspective of the internal of the here said apparatus invention. FIG. 4a shows the permanent herein said apparatus invention placed on the tongue of the shoe with the laces internally within the flaps with the zipper closing ability. FIG. 4b shows the flaps with the zipper devise being fully closed to hide the herein said fully retained, tightened and locked in place. FIG. 5 is the fully designed, manufactured shoe with the hidden lace within the shoe and the permanently placed herein said apparatus on the front of the shoe with elastic material replacing the tongue of the shoe. FIG. 6 is the fully designed, manufactured skater type shoe with the lace shown, but the real tightening lace is hidden within the shoe's material and the permanently placed herein said apparatus on the outer side of the shoe being left side if it is the left shoe and the right side if it is the right shoe with elastics material as the tongue of the shoe. 6 P age FIG. 7a is the fully designed, manufactured basketball and or sports and or hiking and or ski boots type shoe with the lace shown, but the real tightening lace is hidden within the shoe's material and the permanently placed herein said apparatus on the outer side of the shoe being left side if it is the left shoe and the right side if it is the right shoe with elastics material as the tongue of the shoe. FIG. 7b is the fully designed, manufactured basketball and or sports and or hiking and or ski boots type shoe with the lace shown with the real tightening lace shown underneath along with the guiding plastics and or metal pieces within displayed within the shoe's material and the permanently placed herein said apparatus on the outer side of the shoe being left side if it is the left shoe and the right side if it is the right shoe with elastics material as the tongue of the shoe. FIG. 8a is the fully designed, manufactured basketball and or sports and or hiking and or ski boots type shoe with the lace sewn within the material of the shoe's material and the permanently placed herein said apparatus on the inner side of the shoe being right side if it is the left shoe and the left side if it is the right shoe with the outer flaps of the shoes containing male type metal and or plastic hooks and the inner flaps containing female type metal and or plastic hooks and the flap on this shoe being opened. FIG. 8b is the fully designed, manufactured basketball and or sports and or hiking or skate and or ski boots type shoe with the lace sewn within the material and the permanently placed herein said apparatus on the inner side of the shoe being right side if it is the left shoe and the left side if it is the right shoe with the male type metal and or plastic hooks placed on the outer flap is engaged and locked in place with the female type metal and or plastic hooks on the inner flap of the shoe. The dial is then rotated clockwise to tighten the shoe to preference and rotated anti clockwise to loosen the shoe. FIG. 9a shows the dress shoe type shoelace herein said retainer, fastener, tightening apparatus FIG. 9b shows a close up of the extrusion of the metal and or plastic which slides over the left and right flaps of the shoe to ensure that the apparatus is stays fixed in place while it is being worn by the wearer. FIG. 9c shows a close up of how this particular design fits onto the dress and or otherwise shoe when it is worn. FIG. 10 shows the herein said apparatus third design feature of it being both a permanent component of the shoe, but can also be completely detached and or removed and ready to be refitted onto another shoe and or shoe type. FIG 11 shows the herein said apparatus external designs and also detailed internal design features and working mechanism in operations for and of the capturing, dialling and or retracting, locking, retaining of the lace, wire, and belt and or otherwise within the herein said apparatus. FIG 12 shows a totally different design of the herein said apparatus external designs of how it can be manufactured via two piece components with detailed internal design features and the internal mechanism in operations for and of the capturing, dialling and or retracting, locking, retaining of the lace, wire, and belt and or otherwise within the herein said apparatus DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Different embodiments of the apparatus will now be described. The preferred embodiment of the herein said retainer, fastener, tightening apparatus invention FIG. la shows the bottom and top elevations of the herein said apparatus with the dial 2 being strategically placed either on the top, mid or bottom of the apparatus to provide simplicity in usage for the wearer being combinely 7 1 P a g e manufactured as part of the retaining chamber 1 as the base which in combination is externally shown as the herein said apparatus. The simplicity of the herein design places the shoelace holes 3 on both sides of the apparatus located on the retaining chamber 1 portion of the apparatus. The shoelace, string, wire, lace, belt and or otherwise is inserted via these holes and or opening 3, FIG 1 c & 2c located on either sides of the apparatus where it is engaged and locked into place within the retaining chamber 1 ready to be tightened via the clockwise rotation of the dial 2 which is manually rotated by hand and or via the solar powered retraction mechanism 2 which is operated by simply pushing a button 2 located on the dial 2 portion of the apparatus and thereafter the electronic retraction mechanism located within the apparatus retracts the lacing 4 and or hidden lacing 9 into the retaining chamber 1 of the herein apparatus. The dial 2 is then rotated clockwise where the retaining chamber 1 part of the apparatus begins to retain and store FIG 3a & 3b the lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise internally within the retaining chamber 1 which is covered and or manufactured with a dial 2 section to give the external face of the herein said apparatus. FIG. 1 c is a perspective view of an optional or altered design version of the herein said apparatus with the left lace 4 already inserted into the left shoelace hole 3 and the right lace 4 beginning to enter the shoelace hole 3 on the right side of the herein said apparatus. FIG. 2a shows the shoelace 4 being fully loosened with another optional and or slightly altered design version of the mobile, transferrable and portable herein said apparatus being placed in the middle FIG 2a of the shoe 17 just above the tongue 6 with the laces 4 being ready to be inserted on either hole 3 located on either side of the herein said apparatus. FIG 2b shows the laces, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 4 fully inserted through the shoelace holes 3 located on either side of the retaining chamber 1 component of the apparatus which is engaged and or locked in placed 1 by the internal locking mechanism 1 and the dial 2 having been rotated a few times to begin the retaining 1, retraction and tightening process 2 of the herein said apparatus also starting to settle down onto the middle of the tongue 6 of the shoe as the dial is rotated and the laces 4 are being retracted into the retaining chamber 1 of the herein said apparatus. The shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 4 is thereafter securely tugged and stored away FIG 3a & 3b and locked in place permanently FIG 3a & 3b within the retaining chamber 1 of the herein said apparatus as displayed in FIG. 2c showing the shoelace 4 being completely retained FIG 3a & 3b within the containment chamber 1, tightened 1, locked 1 and fastened 1 permanently in place FIG 3a & 3b. For the shoelace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 4 to be loosen FIG 2b the dial 2 portion of the apparatus is therefore rotated 2 anti-clockwise. FIG. 4a shows the herein said electronic and manual versions of the apparatus invention FIG la, lb & 1c being designed to be placed permanently and or detachable version of the apparatus FIG 10 on the tongue 6 of the shoe with the laces 4 being sewn internally 9 within the flaps 7 with the zipper 8 closing device to hide the herein said apparatus when it is completely tightened as shown in FIG. 4b showing the flaps 7 of the shoe being closed and the zipper 8 devise being fully drawn northwards and or upwards on the shoe 17 so as to close and or bring the flaps 7 together and in so doing hide FIG 4b the herein said electronically and or manually operated retainer, fastener, tightening FIG 1 a, l b & 1 c apparatus when the dial 2 is fully rotated, tightened and locked in place permanently FIG 4a via manual or electronic retraction mechanism on the tongue 6 of the shoe 17. FIG. 5 is a fully designed, manufactured and stylised shoe 17 that has no lacing 9 or a tongue 10 showing and is therefore not included in the manufacturing and production of this particular shoe design FIG 5. Within this particular design FIG 5 the laces, wires, strings, cables, belts and or otherwise 4 portion of the shoe 17 is fully hidden and sewn 9 within the material of the shoe 17 and the herein said electronic and or manually operated apparatus FIG. la, lb & 1 c is permanently placed and or detachable version on the middle 16 of the shoe directly located on the elastic 8 Page material 10 which is put in place and or completely replaces the tongue 6 portion of the shoe with the electronically and or manual operated dial 2 showing just enough that when it is rotated manually or electronically, the shoe 17 is therefore comfortably, automatically & perfectly tightened around the foot of the wearer. The herein said electronic and or manually operated apparatus can also be design as FIG 5 with the herein said apparatus being placed either on the inner or outer side and or the sole of the shoe 17 according to the preference of the designated designers. Again, the design of the manually and or electronically operated apparatus can be varied to fit the different trends, sports, disabilities and or otherwise. For example as shown in FIG. 6 of another varied designed shoe 17 which contains the herein said apparatus FIG la, lb & 1c and fully manufactured in skater, sports, dress and or otherwise type shoes 17 with pretend 9 and or real lace 4 shown with the real tightening shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 9 being completely hidden 9 within and sewn 9 into the material 17 of the shoe 17 and the herein apparatus I & 2 is permanently manufactured in place on the outer side FIG 6 of the shoe 17 being left side if it is the left shoe 17 and the right side if it is the right shoe 17 with elastics material 10 being included as the tongue 10 of the shoe to provide better stability and strength when the shoe 17 is being turned and or rotated via the dial 2 as the hidden shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 9 is being comfortably and perfectly tightened and or fitted around the foot of the wearer. There are so many different variety of designs that can be designed to fit the occasion, style, sport, disability, age and or otherwise, for example FIG. 7a is a fully designed, manufactured shoe specifically for the basketball and or sports and or hiking and or ski boots type shoe with the pretend lace 9 being shown as a normal type lacing 4, but the real tightening shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 9 is completely hidden and sewn FIG 7b into the shoe's material 17 of the shoe with the dial 2 and or herein said apparatus FIG la,lb & 1c is strategically and permanently affixed and placed on the outer side of the shoe FIG 7a & 7b being left side if it is the left shoe 17 and the right side if it is the right shoe 17 with elasticity type material 10 being manufactured and herein shown as the tongue 10 of the shoe 17. Now, illustration 7b is the fully designed, manufactured basketball and or sports and or hiking and or ski boots type shoe with the lace 4 synthetically shown with the real tightening apparatus shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 9 is illustrated 9 and shown how it is really manufactured underneath the synthetically shown shoelace 9 and also illustrated with the hidden tightening laces 9 is the guiding plastics and or metal pieces 11 which keeps the hidden laces 9 in place and also guides the pulling action of the laces, strings, wires, belts and or otherwise 9 when it is being tightened perfectly and comfortably around the foot of the wearer. The dial and or herein said apparatus is permanently placed and affixed on the outer side of the shoe FIG. 7a & 7b being left side if it is the left shoe 17 and the right side if it is the right shoe 17 with elastics material 10 as the tongue 6 of the shoe 17. Here is another optional and or slightly altered design which is illustrated in FIG. 8a to show the versatility of the herein said apparatus in designs, applications and methods of use. It is a fully designed manufactured specifically for the basketball and or sports and or hiking and or ski boots type shoes 17 with the hidden lace 9 being sewn into and within the material 7 & 9 of the shoe 17 and the dial 2 and or herein said apparatus is permanently placed and affixed on the inner side of the shoe 17 being right side FIG 8a & 8b if it is the left shoe 17 and the left side if it is the right shoe 17 with the outer flaps 7 of the shoe 17 containing male type metal and or plastic hooks 12 and the inner flaps 7 containing female type metal and or plastic hooks 13 and the flap 7 on this shoe being illustrated is fully loosened and opened ready for the wearer's foot to be 9 PagC inserted. For this design, there is no lacing being shown externally and or the lacing 9 is not visible to the eye, but it is securely tucked and stored away within the shoe 17 material and the designer is given the freedom to design shoe 17 without having to incorporate the external lacing 4, lacing holes 3 and the wearer does not have to fit lacing 4 through the shoelace holes 3 and then tie a knot each time they put on the shoe. It is fully designed FIG 4a, 4b, 5, 6, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b and manufactured specifically to take away the complexity 2 that comes with not only manufacturing the shoe, but also the day to day wearing of any shoe 17 type by the wearer. It also provide style, comfort, versatility and most importantly simplicity of usage 2 by any wearer whether they be a child, an adult, a sports professional, sports enthusiast, disabled and or otherwise. Through its innovation to provide freedom in designing for the designers, versatility in application and method of usage FIG 2a, 2b,2c, it may become the only way shoes 17 will be manufactured from now on and the mobility of the herein said apparatus 1 a, lb & 1 c will be the only way shoelaces, laces, strings, wires, cables, belts and or otherwise 4 will retract, retain, tighten, fasten, stored and locked away as they comfortably and securely wear their shoe 17 on a daily basis. If you want to put on your shoes 17, simply insert your foot and rotate the dial 2 clockwise and the shoe 17 is fitted on perfectly without any shoelaces 4 being flopped around in a loop and or otherwise and if you want to loosen the shoe 17, simply rotate the dial 2 anti clockwise. FIG. 8b is the fully designed, stylised and manufactured basketball and or sports and or hiking and or ski boots type shoe 17 with the lace sewn 9 within the material 17 of the shoe and the dial 2 and or herein said apparatus 1 & 2 is therefore permanently placed on the inner side of the shoe 17 being right side if it is the left shoe 17 and the left side if it is the right shoe 17 with the male type metal and or plastic hooks 12 placed on the outer flap 7 is engaged and locked in place with the female type metal and or plastic hooks 13 which is located on the inner flap 7 of the shoe 17. When the flaps 7 are closed and the female 12 and male hooks 13 are engaged, the dial 2 is then rotated clockwise to tighten the shoe 17 to the preference and or the dial 2 is rotated anti clockwise to loosen the shoe 17. A simplicity factor of inserting your foot, then simply turn the dial 2 and you are on your way. Even dress shoes 17 that come with just elastic tightening material 10 on them become loose and often times wear away at your heal. With the inclusion of the herein said apparatus 1 a, I b, & I c being permanently placed and affixed onto the shoe 17, there will be no more loose laces 4, no more untied knots, no more calluses on the heels, but a fully tightened, with the lace 4 being fully retained and fastened and locked within the retaining chamber 1 of the herein said apparatus to provide a comfortable and perfectly tightened shoe 17 that will never come off the foot. What a relief for parents, children, disabled, carers, sports enthusiasts and professionals. You will never ever see an Olympics, professional runner, soccer, skating, tennis, basketball and or otherwise events with professional have to bend down in the middle of the competition and or game to tighten their lace 4 that has come untied. It will also become a fashionable type of devise that would have the logo of the manufacturer, team, club, company and or otherwise included on the herein said apparatus after permission is given. There is also a design which is specifically designed which illustration FIG. 9a shows that it is fitted to a dress shoe type FIG 9c. This design has a metal and or plastic base 15 that would tuck under the flaps 7 of the shoes, but sits over the top of the tongue 6 with the ends of the base having a secure type devise 15 that hooks around and over the flaps 7 as illustrated in FIG 9b providing the herein said apparatus 9c stability and to keep it firmly in place while it is being worn by the wearer as illustrated in FIG 9c. Illustration FIG. 9b shows a close up of the extrusion of the metal and or plastic 15 which slides over the left and right flaps 7 of the shoe to ensure that the herein said apparatus FIG 1 a, lb & 1 c stays fixed in place while the shoelace, lace, 10 | P a g e string, wire, belt and or otherwise 4 has been fully retracted into the retaining chamber 1, tightened to preference of the wearer, locked and comfortably fastened securely in place 1 while it is being worn by the wearer. The third feature of the herein said apparatus' design application of the detachable feature FIG 10 of the herein said apparatus FIG 1 a, lb & 1 c which means that the herein said apparatus is designed as a permanent part 16 of the shoe as completely illustrated in FIGURES 4a, 4b, 5, 6, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b and 10 with the fully designed and manufactured shoe including the herein apparatus FIG 10 as a permanent component 16 of the shoe, but can be completely loosened until the hidden lacing 9 of the shoe is fully emptied from the barrel of the retaining chamber 1 and until the hidden lacing 9 begins to show 3. The wearer thereafter gives the hidden lacing 9 a gentle tug thereby detaching the hidden lacing 9 from the herein said apparatus 1 from the shoelace hole 3 which renders the herein said apparatus completely detached and thereafter becomes independently portable and mobile FIG 10 to be used on any other shoe 17 and or shoe type. When it is fully detached from the manufactured shoe 17, the detached apparatus FIG 10 is thereafter fitted onto another totally different ordinary lacing, string, wire, cable and or otherwise 4 shoe types 17 as shown in FIG, 2a, 2b & 2c. What remains on the fully manufactured shoe is the separation plastic, metal and or otherwise base 16 which is permanently affixed to the shoe 17 with the hidden lacing 9 that is shown on FIG 10 is protruding through the shoelace holes 3 located on the separation base 16 of the herein said apparatus FIG 10. FIG 11 shows a few versions FIG 11 & 12 of the internal mechanisms 19, 20, 21 & 22 of the herein said apparatus of how it clamps and or holds 20 the shoelace aglet in place while the dial 2 is being rotated to either manually or electronically tighten the shoelace 4 around the foot of the wearer. The shoelace, wire, string and or otherwise is threated through the side holes 3 and the dial 2 is pulled upwards where the aglet is thereafter inserted into the clamp 20 and the spring 19 mechanism of the apparatus brings the dial back down into place and then the dial 2 is turned clockwise with the tightening teeth 21 holding the dial place without being rotated back anti-clockwise and or loosening. FIG 12 is another version of the tightening mechanism of the herein said apparatus that is a two piece FIG 12 manufactured plastics and or metal that can easily come apart for the fitting of the lacing, string, wire, belt and or otherwise. All in all, you do not need to pull anything, such as the shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 4 to tighten the shoe 17, pants, hat, brace and or otherwise as the dial 2 on the herein said apparatus FIG 10 is simply rotated clockwise to tighten or to loosen, the wearer again simply rotate the dial 2 on the herein said apparatus FIG 10 anti-clockwise whereas the shoe 17 is completely loosened around the foot of the wearer and thereafter removed. . All versions of the herein said apparatus will either be manufactured and sold into the market place with the simplified version of the apparatus being manually rotated to tighten or loosen the shoelace and or shoe around the foot of the wearer or will be manufactured and sold into the market place with an electronically solar powered retracting detracting mechanism with a loosening button and a tightening button to be pressed by the wearer according to their loosening and or tightening needs. There is no need for tying knots and or untying as the laces 4 on both left and right of the shoe are simply inserted into the strategically placed shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise holes 3 where a variety of different locking devise mechanism shall be fitted internally within the retaining chamber 1 and the dial 2 of the herein said apparatus will engage and grab a hold of the aglets 5 and or shoelace ends 5 ready to be retracted into the retaining chamber 1 where the shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 4 is stored whilst it is being tightened via the clockwise rotation of the dial 2 by the wearer. When it is tightened to the preference and or comfort of the wearer, the retracted shoelace and or lace 4 is securely stored and locked away 111 P i) g e permanently (with no dangling loops) within or without the retaining chamber 1 and to loosen the shoe 17, you simply press the release button 22 and rotate the dial 2 anti-clockwise. There will never ever be untied shoelaces, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise 4 as it is stored and locked away securely in the retaining chamber 1 of the herein said embodiment apparatus invention. Any manufacturing, brand type, style, club, company or corporation and or otherwise can place their logo on top of the dial 2 &18 and or the open area 18 of the herein said apparatus through full and authorised permission given by the herein said apparatus inventor. 12 1 P a g e

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1. A fastener for a shoelace, comprising: a mobile, transferrable and or portable shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise apparatus invention with a retaining chamber, an internal locking and fastening devise, a dial control mechanism that when turned clockwise will retract, retain, tighten and lock the shoelace and or lace within the storage chamber permanently until the wearer chooses to loosen the shoe from the foot of the wearer by rotating the dial anti-clockwise.

2. The shoelace and or lace is inserted on opposite sides through the opening and or holes placed on the retaining chamber of the apparatus where the ends and or aglet are internally clamped in place and then the dial is rotated clockwise to begin the fastening and tightening of the laces and or otherwise as it retracts such into the storage chamber of the apparatus and remains tighten.

3. Claim three claims the disengagement of the herein said apparatus is accomplished by a simple rotation of the dial anti-clockwise as stated in claim 1.

4. The claims herein claimed as claim 4 claims the design of the herein said apparatus can be varied to suit the fitting, height, weight and area of application whether it be a dress shoe, sports, casual, ski boots, track pants, shorts, skirts, hats, knee pad, ankle brace and or otherwise and not limited to such as designated by the variations in designs accordingly to either the permanent or mobility or permanent with detachable apparatus, application, and or methodology of usage herein described.

5. Claim 5: The other prior art inventions would only lock the shoelace in place and the remaining lacing would remain loose and or dangling in a loop knot that needs to be placed in, on, internally, externally, fastened down by elastics and or otherwise or kept down by apparatus of sorts designs of prior art inventions which would leave the shoelace bundled, squashed into an invented apparatus of sort. Other prior art inventions would require the wearer to tuck the shoelace into their shoe which would prove difficult for wear and for blistering of the heel, side or sole of the wearer's feet and rendering it ineffective in practical usage. The herein said embodiment apparatus claims that it will securely retract, retain and contain the shoelace and or lace within the retaining chamber portion of the herein said apparatus. Simply insert and rotate and you have a need, tighten and permanently locked in placed shoelace and or lace with no possibility of the shoelace and or lace coming loose or undone or spilling whilst it is being worn by the child, adult, disabled, sports professional and or otherwise wearers.

6. Claim 6 claims the Application capability of the herein said apparatus being distinctly different from prior arts as it is portable or mobile capability allows it to be transferrable between shoes and or shoe types and or items that needs the fastening capabilities of the herein said apparatus.

7. The use of the herein said apparatus would be used by professional athletes that cannot stop mid comp to tie their shoelace, disabled, carers, parents who are constantly needing to tie up the laces of their children on a daily basis, children who cannot tie their own laces, adults who want simplicity, ease, quick and stylist devise that fastens, tighten and securely store the shoelace and or lace. Essentially, the herein said apparatus 7th claim is that it is applicable to any shoe type and or otherwise items needing the same fastening features.

8. Claim 8 is through the seven steps Methodology of use and functionality capabilities of how the herein said apparatus is applied: One; the shoelace, lace, string, wire and or otherwise is threaded through the strategically placed shoelace holes on the outside of the retaining chamber located on the south western and south eastern sides of the retaining chamber. Two; when the shoelace and or lace enters the retaining chamber, it is engaged and locked into place within the apparatus (via varied designs by designated designers to fit the internal fittings of the herein apparatus). Three; the dial is then turned and or rotated clockwise to begin the retracting process of the shoelace, lace, string, wire and or otherwise into the retaining chamber of the herein said apparatus invention. Four; now, because of the dial being turned, the shoe will begin to be perfectly tightened around the foot of the wearer. Five; the shoelace and or lace is thereafter securely stored within the storage chamber of the herein said apparatus. Six; once the shoelace is tighten to the preference of the wearer, the shoe remains perfectly tightened and locked in place whilst it is on the foot of the wearer. Seven; until the dial is rotated and or turned anti-clockwise which will eventually loosen the shoe and completely removed as stated in claim 2.

9. Claim 9 is claimed according to the innovation of the variety of different Designs which differentiate the herein said retainer, fastener & tightening apparatus invention from prior art inventions and apparatuses. The design of the herein said retaining, fastener & tightening apparatus can vary from the dial being manufactured directly on top of the retaining chamber, as the middle sliding dial or at the bottom, or as a pull type dial, with guiding base to keep the apparatus invention in place or having a base being attached permanently to the shoe and or as a separate or as a permanent fixture of the shoe with a detachable apparatus.

10. Claim 10 is that the herein said apparatus can also be applied to other lace, string, wire and or otherwise type of fastening applications such as; wrist or arm bands, bracing, tract suit pants, belts, hats, eye glasses, watches, gloves and or otherwise items that need the methods of use and application of the herein said apparatus. These different applications will be designed specifically for their type of use and in accordance with the designer's creativity.

11. Included as claim 11 is that there will be no accidental disengagement of the shoelace and or lace until the wearer chooses loosen the shoe by simply turning and or rotating the dial anti clockwise. The shoe, item and or otherwise is applied and removed within seconds by a person and or persons of any ability or disability through a simple turn of the herein said apparatus' dial.

12. Therefore claim 12 claims in its entirety threefold (3), such as One; Design, Two; Application and Three Methodology of usage.

13. The prior art inventions are difficult and complicated in nature to manufacture, complex in design, application and methods of use by the wearer and often times most of these prior art inventions needs the assistance of other apparatuses and devises in assisting them to accomplish. The method of use (as stated in claim 7) of the herein said apparatus to retaining and or securely containing the shoelaces and or laces within the retaining chamber, precise accurate and perfect tightening action, secure locking and fastening of the shoelace, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise permanently in place within the retaining chamber of the apparatus with no laces left dangling in a loop and or otherwise.

14. Claim 14 consist of the herein said apparatus needing no assistance to accomplish the different tasks of, one; retraction, two; tightening marginally for a perfect fit, three; retain and or store the shoelace and or lace within the storage chamber, four; fasten and or lock lace in place permanent, five; disengage and loosen with simplicity, six; all accomplished via a simple turn of the dial. For most of the prior art inventions, without the assistance of hooks, extra positioned holes, flaps, laces, guides, additional apparatuses, permanent design and manufacturing to include their apparatus which results thereafter renders that they cannot be used by all wearer of shoes, but are confined to a singular design and can only be applied to one or two shoe types and the method of use in limited to tiresome pulling, threading, snapping and the method of hiding and or tucking of the laces away via assisting devise apparatuses. The herein said apparatus invention is not limited to one and or particular designs, but its innovative herein illustrated designs allows it to be designed to fit into any market, fashion, style, trend, occasion, ability or disability, sport and or otherwise as fully illustrated herein from FIG la to FIG 10.

15. Claim 15 means that the herein said apparatus can also be fitted to shoes without laces and or otherwise with the lace being manufactured as an integral part of the shoe hidden within the 21~ materials thereby providing a more comfortable, tighter and more perfectly fitted shoe than the current slip on shoe design existing in the stream of commerce.

16. Claim16 is that the herein said apparatus can easily be removed from one shoe and or shoe type, fashion, style, occasion, ability or disability, sport and or otherwise and simply refitted and or applied to another totally different shoe and or shoe type. The wearer is provided with the feature and ability of the herein said apparatus to simply rotate the dial anti-clockwise until all of the lacing, shoe lacing, string, cable, wire, belt and or otherwise are completely emptied from the barrel and or retaining chamber and the wearer simply give it a tug to disengage each shoelace and or lace from the herein said apparatus. The herein said apparatus is then simply transferred to a another and or different shoe type, fashion, style, occasion, ability or disability, sport and or otherwise by inserting both ends of the shoelaces and or laces through the shoelace and or lace hole located on the west and east sides of the herein said apparatus where the locking mechanism engages and grabs a hold of them and then simply thereafter by rotating the dial of the herein said apparatus clockwise will tighten the shoelace and or lace of that new shoe, item and or otherwise.

17. Claim 17 claims the manufacturing process of the herein said apparatus that it can be manufactured out of metal such as aluminium, steel and or otherwise or plastic mixture of ingredients and or manufactured out of any mouldable material that is in existence currently and or to be developed in the future either by us and or by a third party.

18. Each of the different components of the herein said apparatus will be varied in accordance with the design of the herein embodiment of the herein said apparatus invention which may consist of dial, locking mechanism, rotational mechanism, base, retaining and holding mechanism, but not limited to such as the design herein will evolve in accordance with the style, occasion, ability or disability, sport and or otherwise which may need the inclusion of such future designed components, parts and or otherwise into the herein said embodiment and or apparatus invention are herein claimed as claim 17.

19. Claim 19 is shown as bodies l a, l b, lc , 9a, 9b and 9c are illustrated as having a generally parallelepiped configuration, but does not have to be of any particular shape and or size. It is contemplated that the herein embodiment and or apparatus invention may be designed and or moulded into a variety of shapes to provide ornamentation as a fashion statement, occasion, ability or disability, sport and or otherwise or to provide a medium for placing advertising, electronic components and or otherwise thereon and thereafter such as required according to fashion, style, ability, disability, sport and or otherwise dictated.

20. The herein apparatus 20th claim claims are not limited in nature to shoes, clothing and or such materials, but thereafter can be applied and designed for other applications, designs and methods of usage for items that needs the fastening capabilities of the herein said apparatus as dictated by development, researches, fashions, trends, styles and or otherwise.

21. While presently preferred embodiments of the herein said apparatus invention have been shown for the purposes of this disclosure, claim 21 claims numerous changes in the varied arrangement, added components and or manufacturing and construction of parts and or components may be created and or made in accordance with the skills of those skilled in the trade and art thereof. All such changes are encompassed without the scope and spirit of the appended claims here in stated and or claimed in its entirety.

22. Claim 22 claims that there will never be a knot needed or snap lock and or otherwise in applying the herein said apparatus embodiment onto any and or all shoe types available in the stream of commerce nor will there be any need for retying of untied shoelaces and or laces by the wearers of shoes. There will never be untied shoelaces, lace, string, wire, belt and or otherwise as all of the shoelace that would normally be left externally is retracted and then stored within the retaining 3 1 1 1, chamber of the herein said apparatus with no dangling loops, knots and or otherwise hanging loose.

23. Claim 23 claims the design of the herein said embodiment apparatus is futuristic in nature wherein we claim the herein said designs, application and method of usages will be used by designers to design every shoe type to either have a temporary portable herein said embodiment apparatus and or shoes that are specifically stylised designed to fit a fashion, trend, ability, disability, occasion, sport and or otherwise into their future designs of shoes and incorporation of the herein said apparatus invention otherwise all shoes and their shoelaces and or laces will continue to be used in the primitive and current methods of usage in tying and untying shoelaces or relying on prior art invention apparatuses. Those future designs are thereafter dependent on the designer's innovative designing skills to place the apparatus on the front, side, on the tongue, toe, sole and or otherwise location on the shoe and either have the choice of showing the and or hidden lacing according to the fashion, style and or otherwise dictated by the past, the present and future designs.

24. Claim 24 claims the style and fashionable aspects of the herein said apparatus in accordance with the portability, mobility, permanent and detachable features that enables the herein said apparatus to be transferred and or refitted to another totally and entirely different shoe and or shoe type, style, size, make, brand and or otherwise and in accordance with the apparatus being permanently and or with the detachable apparatus affixed either to the top, middle and bottom of the tongue, the outer side, the inner side, the sole, the back or the heel area of the shoe which is completely dependent on the and dictated by the designer and or design nature of the shoe type, fashion, style, occasion, ability, disability, sport and or otherwise. The design of the herein said apparatus and its embodiments allowable within claim 24 can either be manufactured tall, short, long, small, large, ripped, smooth, colorised, painted, oblong, square and or otherwise, but the functionality of the herein said apparatus embodiment shall hereafter remain the same and shall not and or cannot be altered to fit a third party claim which is deemed similar in nature to that which is herein described in its entirety. The dial on the herein said apparatus alternatively can also be completely detachable in order to suit the variety of different styles, fashions, colours, shapes, designs, logos and or otherwise fashion and or style.

25. Claim 25 claims that the herein said apparatus' mobile and portable embodiment can be fitted, affixed and or refitted permanently onto the tongue of the shoe through the hole/s provided on the bottom of the retaining chamber or simply attached loosely by the lacing for easy attachment and removal from any shoe type, fashion, style, ability, disability, sports and or otherwise shoelace type, wire, cable, string, lace, belt and or otherwise.

26. Claim 26 claims that the prior art inventions are limited in application to one or two type of lacing materials whereas the herein said apparatus will engage, hold, retract, retain and or contain, tighten, fasten and lock any type of shoelace and or lacing material such as; shoelaces, cables, wires, strings, cables, belts and or otherwise made from plastic, textile, metal and or otherwise. The design versatility and mobility of the herein said apparatus allows it via its functionality and methodology of usage to be fitted and or applied to any fastening material existing in the stream of commerce.

27. Claim 27 claims that design innovation of the herein said apparatus shall hereafter be also designed according to FIG 10 where the herein said apparatus becomes both a permanent component and fixture of the shoe and can also be completely detached and refitted onto another totally different shoe and or shoe type by simply inserting the shoelace aglet into the shoelace holes placed on the retaining chamber's west and east sides where it is engaged ready to be retracted into the apparatus by a simple rotation of the dial on the herein said apparatus. 4 - -

28. The herein said apparatus also claims that if the need arises for guiding plates, hooks and or zip to be placed and or included within the fully manufactured shoe to enhance the performance of the tightening machinery of the shoe shall thereafter be deemed appropriate according to the designs of the herein said apparatus as illustrated in full herein in its entirety and in accordance with dictates of future trends, fashions, market place demands and or otherwise from the stream of commerce.

29. Claim 29 claims the herein said apparatus' herein illustrated and or stated and or claimed as a whole in its entirety in accordance with the herein said apparatus' design innovations, versatility of application capability to be applied to any shoe type, lace and or without lace, innovative functionalities of one; engaging, two; retracting, three; tightening, four; fastening, five; storing, six; permanent locking, seven; disengage and detach, eight; refitting with ease to all type of shoes and or shoe types. These functionalities are included and or manufactured with the three different design applications being one; temporary applications to any shoe and or shoe type, two; permanent fixture of a specifically designed shoe and or shoe type and three; an apparatus that is both a permanent fixture with a detachable portion of the herein said apparatus that can be applied to a totally different shoe and or shoe type. Whereas the claims herein included are a full description of the herein said apparatus' capabilities and or abilities of one; design innovation, two; application versatility and three; methods of use and or functionalities. Therefore the herein said apparatus claim the full description of illustrations and or statements of its abilities and capabilities and functionalities in its entirety as a whole and without prejudice of any and or claims herein stated, illustrated and claimed.

30. Claim 30 claims the automatic usage of the apparatus through an electronically solar powered mechanism portion and or version of the herein said apparatus allows is solely manufactured to simplify the usages and operations of loosening and tightening of shoelaces and or shoe around the foot of the wearer. The electronically solar powered mechanism is herein invented specifically for the sole purpose of perfectly loosening and tightening the shoelace and or shoe around the foot of the wearer.

31. Claim 31 claims that the electronically solar powered mechanism operates by the simplicity of pushing one of two buttons shown in FIG 12 #22 that are and will be strategically positioned on either the top and or side areas of the apparatus the herein said apparatus. Therefore claim 31 claims that each of these two buttons have specific functionality and application purposes being 1) One button will have a label on it L for loosening of the lace, shoelace, wire, cable, string and or otherwise which when pressed will loosening the shoelace and or shoe perfectly away from the foot of the wearer and 2) the second button will be labelled T for tight which when pressed will begin to retract the external and or internal lace, wire, belt, cable therefore perfectly tightening the shoe around the foot of the wearer.

32. Claim 32 claims the press bottun option, design, application, innovation, functionality and or otherwise for the herein said apparatus whereas the dial is pressed by the wearer and in so doing the dial pushes the retracting and or tightening mechanism downwards thereby spinning bottom part of the dial downwards retracting the shoelacing, lace, string, belt, cable wire and or otherwise into the retainment chamber of the herein said apparatus thereby tightening the shoe perfectly around the foot of the wearer.

33. Claim 33 claims the press button option, design, application, innovation, functionality and or otherwise for the herein said apparatus whereas the dial is pressed by the wearer and in so doing the dial releases the locking mechanism of the herein said apparatus thereby releasing and spins anti clockwise manner that thereby loosening the grip of the shoe perfectly from the foot of the wearer. 5 P ae