Footwear and clothes fastening and transforming system
View Patent ↗A combined fastening device to be used in elements designed for lacing, such as pieces of clothing, footwear, and similar items. The device includes a main frame substantially filiform with a first end, to which a clamping part is assembled and fixed, and a second ring-shaped end, which is fastened to the clamping part. The device provides users with the possibility to customize and decorate their footwear, and at the same time prevents the accidents and problems caused by conventional shoelaces, preserving the users' physical wellbeing.
1. A combined fastening device to be used in an item designed for lacing comprising:
a main frame substantially filiform having a first end and a second ring-shaped end; and
a clamping part having a hook attached to the first end of the main frame,
wherein the second ring-shaped end of the main frame is fastenable to the hook of the clamping part.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said clamping part is detachably assembled to the first end of the main frame.
3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein said first end includes a wider section to which said clamping part is assembled.
4. The device according to claim 3 , further comprising a slot arranged in said wider part to assemble and fix the clamping part.
5. The device according to claim 3 , further comprising a screw slot contained in said wider section, wherein the end of the clamping part contains a screw.
6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein assembly of the clamping part to the first end of the main frame is carried out by screwing the clamping part end into the screw slot contained in the wider section of the first end.
7. The device according to claim 2 , wherein assembly of the clamping part to the first end is carried out by elastically adjusted coupling of the clamping part end to the wider section of the first end.
8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said ring-shaped end presents a protrusion, which sticks out from the perimeter of said ring-shaped end, defining an extreme insertion part.
9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the first end has a furrow running across an end face thereof for containing said protrusion after said protrusion is inserted through said second ring-shaped end.
10. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a groove arranged along a longitudinal direction on an underside of a middle portion of the main frame for softening and providing flexibility of the material.
11. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one fastening means of at least one pair of main frames adjacently placed.
12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein said fastening means comprises a substantially cylindrical frame, which presents a passage for the at least one pair of main frames of the combined fastening device.
13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein said passage is defined by an orifice.
14. The device according to claim 13 , wherein said orifice presents an open section.
15. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said item comprises a piece of clothing.
16. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said item comprises footwear.