Shoelace Interfaces Providing Selective Malleability

Abstract

A shoelace interface providing a selective range of malleability, integrating an inner cavity or plurality of inner cavities, comprising of one or more entrances into the inner cavity or inner cavities from an outer surface of the shoelace. The shoelace inner cavity or inner cavities can house a selectively malleable inner core or plurality of selectively malleable inner cores, comprising pre-established malleable tolerances. An additional attribute of the shoelace comprises of an insulation material being able to exist between any malleable inner cores and the interior of the shoelace inner cavity or inner cavities. The insulation material can contain anchoring elements at its entrances for maintaining any inner cores inside. The shoelace interface can contain anchoring elements at its entrances for maintaining any inserted components inside. All internal components of the shoelace interface are positioned within it, in such a way, as to give each shoelace a premeditated malleable tolerance.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a plurality of selectively malleable form-holding or pseudo form-holding shoelace designs, suitable for allowing persons with inadequate or unpracticed motor skills to learn or gain the ability to learn to tie their shoes. These shoelace interfaces have applications in special needs markets where learning to tie a shoe was either previously not possible or extremely difficult. They will also have applications in non-special needs children markets, where learning to tie a shoe can be greatly accelerated.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Shoelaces have been designed endless times, yet have never been designed in a way that allows persons with inadequate or unpracticed motor skills to greatly accelerate their learning curves to tie them, or gain the ability to learn this basic skill at all. More specifically, the embodiments described herein further allow non-special needs children to have greatly accelerated learning curves w...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a solution for users with motor difficulties by providing shoelaces with unique malleable conditions that enable easy tying. The shoelaces have an internal interface for receiving selective malleable inner cores, which can be permanently or releasably but securely connected to the shoelace. The shoelace interface also includes a flexible elongate housing with inner cavities that can extend through the housing along its long axis. The inner cavity can have different depth-wise positions and volumes within the housing. Anchoring elements can be used to secure the inner cores and selective malleable inner elements within the housing. The non-limiting examples of anchoring elements include friction fit components, glue, crimp on components, knots, sewn thread, Velcro, and heat shrink-wrap.

Problems solved by technology

Shoelaces have been designed endless times, yet have never been designed in a way that allows persons with inadequate or unpracticed motor skills to greatly accelerate their learning curves to tie them, or gain the ability to learn this basic skill at all.

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