US Patent Issued to VITAL-FUSS-KOCHI on Aug. 11 for "Lace shoes and tightening method for lace shoes" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,200, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to VITAL-FUSS-KOCHI Co. LTD. (Kochi, Japan).

"Lace shoes and tightening method for lace shoes" was invented by Koji Seki (Kochi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To eliminate the inconvenience of putting on and taking off lace shoes, to disperse the pressure sensation applied to the instep of the foot due to tightening at the time of putting on, and to ensure near-equal tightness of the shoelace tension after putting on with relative ease.A lace shoe is provided with blade parts inside and outside, one blade part having one more shoelace-throughs arranged than the other, a single shoelace alte...