JP2006051086A - Protector for shoelace - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protector for laces of skateboarding shoes which can reliably prevent wear of shoelaces due to contact with the deck or the gliding surface of the skateboard, has a light design not hiding patterns woven by the shoelaces, can be used without feeling of increased weight and fitted to the shoelaces easily, eases the fastening and loosening of shoelaces, and is low-priced. <P>SOLUTION: The protector for shoelace is formed of an elastic member and has an insertion groove through which a shoelace passes and a bridging part for partially closing the opening of the insertion groove in its midpoint in the direction of its extension. The insertion groove is bent in general with its bridging part as a bending point. The surface of the bridging part on the groove side is nearer to a bottom face than to a straight line connecting both ends of the bottom face opposing to the groove opening surface at both the ends of the insertion groove. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a shoelace protector for protecting a shoelace of a shoe for a skateboard mainly from coming into contact with a skateboard or a sliding surface and being worn out.

  The deck surface of a skateboard is generally formed of a friction surface having an appropriate roughness so that the shoe sole does not slip. On the other hand, for example, when performing tricks such as heel flip and pop show bit, the shoes take the form of leaving the deck and then returning to the deck again. The surface tends to wear out. Also, when a trick fails to land, the shoe surface tends to wear out in contact with the running surface. The wear due to the contact with the skateboard, the sliding surface, or the like is usually remarkable in the shoelace positioned in a protruding form on the shoe surface, and the shoelace breaks and skating cannot be performed.

  In order to avoid such shoelace breakage, Nike Corporation's skating shoes “Zoom Air E-CUE (trademark)” and “Zoom Air URL-HI (trademark)” (see Non-Patent Document 1), Fully cover at least the shoelace through-hole, as seen in the skate shoes “SCENARIO (Stevie Williams) (trademark)”, “ALIAS (trademark)” (see Non-Patent Document 2), etc. Shoes with flaps are on sale.

However, the shoes with such flaps are not designed for young people because they cover the pattern woven by the shoelaces from a design standpoint, and are not designed for young people. In order to increase the speed, the agile movement was hindered in skateboarding. In addition, skateboarders usually tend to tighten their shoelaces when skateboarding and loosen them when they rest, but they are difficult to handle because the flaps interfere when tightening or loosening the shoelaces. Met. Furthermore, it was more expensive than shoes without flaps due to the addition of flaps and the special design.
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  The present invention can surely prevent the shoelace from being worn out by contact with the deck or the sliding surface, has a light design that does not hide the pattern woven by the shoelace, and does not feel an increase in weight. The present invention provides a shoelace protector for a skateboard shoe that can be used, can be easily attached to a shoelace, and can be easily tightened or loosened.

  The shoelace protector according to the present invention is formed of an elastic member, and has an insertion groove for passing the shoelace therein, and an opening partly closed at an intermediate portion in the extending direction of the insertion groove. It has a bridge part. The insertion groove is generally bent with the bridging portion as a bending point, and the groove side surface of the bridging portion is closer to the bottom side than the straight line connecting both ends of the bottom surface facing the groove opening surface at both end positions of the insertion groove. It forms so that it may become a close position.

  Further, the shoelace protector according to the present invention is formed so that the end portion of the skateboard shoe located on the shoelace passage hole side substantially covers the shoelace passage hole, and the wall forming the insertion groove is formed. It can also be formed so that the thickness becomes the maximum thickness in the vicinity of the bridging portion.

  The shoelace protector of the present invention basically uses a number corresponding to the number of shoelace passage holes so as to be provided at the position of each shoelace passage hole. First, when putting the shoelace on the shoe, pass the shoelace through the insertion groove, and move the shoelace protector so that one end of the shoelace protector is adjacent to the shoelace threading hole, and hold the shoelace in place. Is done. Here, when passing the shoelace through the insertion groove, it is possible to easily deform the shoelace because one end of the insertion groove can be deformed by being formed by an elastic member. Should. When the shoelace protector is held in place, the portion of the shoelace that rises outward from the surface of the shoe, which is the most easily worn part when skateboarding, is covered with the shoelace protector, It is possible to reliably prevent the shoelaces from being worn out by rubbing against the deck or the sliding surface. When the shoelace is loosened, the shoelace can be easily loosened because it can move in the insertion groove of the shoelace protector.

  Since the shoelace protector of the present invention is large enough to cover the vicinity of the shoelace through hole, not only there is no risk of impairing the lightness of the skateboard shoes without flaps, but also there are various colors and outer surface shapes. By forming it in the shape of, a decorative effect can be given to the position of the shoelace through hole, and it can be made interesting in design. Furthermore, since it is formed so as to cover only the vicinity of the shoelace through hole, it can be used with almost no increase in weight, and since it is a small and simple structure, it can be manufactured and sold at low cost. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the shoelace protector (10) according to the embodiment of the present invention has a shoelace protector only in the positions of the shoelace through holes 21 of the skateboard shoes 20 (in the case shown, two rows on the toe side). 10 is shown)) and used. The shoelace protector 10 is formed of an elastic member and includes an insertion groove 11 for inserting the shoelace 22 therein as shown in more detail in FIGS.

  In the insertion groove 11, the opening of the insertion groove is partially closed by the bridging portion 12 at an intermediate portion in the extending direction. The insertion groove 11 is linear when viewed from the opening side, but extends substantially in a direction intersecting each other with the portion of the bridging portion 12 as a bending point when viewed from a direction orthogonal thereto. In other words, the extending shape of the insertion groove 11 is such that the bridging portion is located closer to the bottom surface 14 side than a straight line connecting both ends P1 and P2 of the bottom surface 14 facing the groove opening surface 13 at both end positions of the insertion groove 11. 12 so that the groove side surface of the shoelace is positioned so that the shoelace protector 10 is attached to the skateboard shoe 20 and used at one end of the shoelace protector 10. The through hole 21 is covered and the shoelace 22 near the shoelace through hole 21 is also covered.

  Although the dimensional shape of the bridging portion 12 is not particularly limited, the shoelace 22 can be inserted through the space defined between the insertion groove 11 and the shoelace 22 is tightened when the shoelace 22 is tightened. It is necessary that the shoelace protector 10 can be fixed on the skateboard shoe 20 by tightening the lace. The wall surface that forms the insertion groove 11, particularly the wall surface on the bottom surface 14 side, is formed so as to be the thickest at the portion facing the bridge portion 12.

  The elastic member forming the shoelace protector 10 has an appropriate elasticity so that the shoelace protector 10 does not hurt a foot when colliding with the skateboard or the running surface. A member that is not easily broken by the friction is selected. In addition, when the shoelace 22 is passed through the insertion groove 11, it is preferable to have a deformability so that the space between the bridge portion 12 can be easily passed by expanding one end or both ends of the insertion groove 11. . The outer peripheral surface 15 of the shoelace protector 10 is preferably formed in a shape having no corners in order to avoid the risk of causing damage when touched by fingers or the like. A teardrop shape can be applied. In addition, the outer peripheral surface 15 of the shoelace protector 10 is formed so that the shoelace protector 10 itself can be colored or provided with a picture or pattern so that a decorative effect can be exhibited. Is desirable.

  The shoelace protector of the present invention can be used in the same manner for shoes that can easily be worn by contact with the ground or a ball, such as shoes worn by street dancers or soccer shoes.

It is the schematic which shows the use condition of the shoelace protector by the Example of this invention. It is the figure which looked at the shoelace protector shown in FIG. 1 from the lower surface side. It is sectional drawing along the direction of the insertion groove | channel of the shoelace protector shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Shoelace protector 11 Insertion groove 12 Bridge part 13 Groove opening surface 14 Bottom surface 15 Outer peripheral surface 20 Skateboard shoes 21 Shoelace passage hole 22 Shoelace P1, P2 Both ends of bottom surface

Claims (2)

  The insertion groove is formed by an elastic member, and has an insertion groove for passing the shoelace therein and a bridging portion for partially closing the opening at an intermediate portion of the insertion groove, and the insertion groove is totally bridged The groove-side surface of the bridging portion is formed so as to be closer to the bottom surface than a straight line connecting both ends of the bottom surface facing the groove opening surface at both ends of the insertion groove. Shoelace protector.   The end portion of the skateboard shoe located on the side of the shoelace through hole is formed so as to substantially cover the shoelace through hole, and the thickness of the wall forming the insertion groove has the maximum thickness in the vicinity of the bridge portion. The shoelace protector according to claim 1, wherein the shoelace protector is formed.

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