Closure device for shoe
The present invention provides a fitted, supportive, comfortable shoe upper with a laceless closure device comprising one interlaced strap capable of rapid adjustment in multiple planes of movement.
1. A shoe comprising a shoe upper, a tongue, and a closure device, said closure device comprising:
a strap fixedly attached at one end of said strap to the shoe upper at a location adjacent to a side of the tongue, the other end of the strap fixedly attached to the shoe upper at a location adjacent to the same side of the tongue;
a plurality of ring means, the strap being threaded through said plurality of ring means;
said plurality of ring means comprising a first ring means, said first ring means fixedly attached to the shoe upper at a location on the opposite side of the tongue from the side of the tongue adjacent to the location where the strap is fixedly attached to the shoe upper;
said plurality of ring means further comprising a second ring means, said second ring means fixedly attached to the shoe upper at a location on the same side of the tongue as the side of the tongue adjacent to the location where the strap is fixedly attached to the shoe upper;
said plurality of ring means further comprising a third ring means, said third ring means fixedly attached to a fastening mechanism; and
said fastening mechanism being removably attachable to the shoe upper.
2. A shoe as set forth in claim 1 wherein said third ring means is an adjustable d-ring.
3. A shoe comprising a shoe upper, a tongue, and a closure device, said closure device comprising:
a strap fixedly attached at one end of said strap to the shoe upper at a location adjacent to a side of the tongue, the other end of the strap fixedly attached to the shoe upper at a location adjacent to the same side of the tongue;
a plurality of ring means, the strap being threaded through said plurality of ring means;
said plurality of ring means comprising a first ring means, said first ring means fixedly attached to the shoe upper at a location on the opposite side of the tongue from the side of the tongue adjacent to the location where the strap is fixedly attached to the shoe upper;
said plurality of ring means further comprising a second ring means, said second ring means fixedly attached to the shoe upper at a location on the same side of the tongue as the side of the tongue adjacent to the location where the strap is fixedly attached to the shoe upper;
a fastening mechanism removably attached to the shoe upper; and
wherein said fastening mechanism is fixedly attached to an adjustable ring means and said adjustable ring means is attached to the strap.
4. A shoe asset forth in claim 3 wherein said adjustable ring means is an adjustable d-ring.