Rope retainer
A rope retainer comprises a body has a top surface, a bottom surface and a lateral surface; at least one main hole passed through the body; at least one wing extending from the body; the wing having at least one sub-hole. The rope retainer may have a long shape, a star like shape or a heart like shape. Furthermore the rope retainer can be used with a shoe for tying a shoelace.
The present invention relates to rope retainers, and particularly to a rope retainer which has a simple structure, wherein the operation for fixing a rope is easy and quick.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONCurrently, clothes, bags, shoes, etc. are installed with buttons, buckles, fasteners, ropes, or strips are used to tighten these devices. They are generally not well fixed and thus they are arranged disorderly.
In the prior art, the ends of the ropes or strips are tied with a complicated operation. Thus rope retainers are developed to provide the user with an easy operation for fixing the ropes or strips. Referring to
This prior art can achieve the object of fixing the rope 20 with a convenient operation. However, it needs many parts and thus the cost is high. Thereby when the rope 20 is fixed between the through hole 112 and the passing space 132, it is possible that as the receiving slot 111 and the rope 20 are pulled, the rope is released while the press 13 is not pressed, or the rope 20 is deadly buckled in the seat 11 by a deformed press 13.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a rope retainer which has a simple structure, wherein the operation for fixing a rope is easy and quick.
To achieve above objects, the present invention provides a rope retainer which comprises a body has a top surface, a bottom surface and a lateral surface; at least one main hole passed through the body; at least one wing extending from the body; the wing having at least one sub-hole. The rope retainer may have a long shape, a star like shape or a heart like shape. Furthermore the rope retainer can be used with a shoe for tying a shoelace.
Moreover, crystals or diamonds or decorations are installed on the body or the wings.
In operation, each of two head ends of the shoelace penetrates through a first through hole of the wing from a bottom surface of long rope retainer and then passes through a second through hole of the wing. Then the two ends pass through the main hole of the rope retainer. Thus the shoelace passing through the rope retainer has a beautiful outlook as a butterfly, even a children not skilled in tying the shoelace can operate the shoelace easily and quickly.
The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.
In order that those skilled in the art can further understand the present invention, a description will be provided in the following in details. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are only used to cause those skilled in the art to understand the objects, features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to be used to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined in the appended claims.
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The shoe body 20 has a shoelace 22 corresponding to shoelace holes penetrating the shoe body or the buckling rings 21 around the shoelace holes. Each of two head ends 221 of the shoelace 22 penetrates through the first through hole 14 of the wing 12 from a bottom surface of the long rope retainer 10 and then passes through the second through hole 14′ of the wing 12. Then the two ends pass through the main hole 18 of the long rope retainer 10. Thus the shoelace 22 passing through the long rope retainer 10 has a beautiful outlook as a butterfly. Thus even a children not skilled in tying the shoelace can operate the shoelace easily and quickly.
In releasing, it is only necessary to pull the long rope retainer 10 upwards, the shoelace 22 can release quickly. If it is desired to tight the shoelace 22, it is only necessary to shoelace 22 passing through the second through holes 14′ outwards, the shoelace 22 can be tightened quickly and easily. Referring to
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The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
Claims
1. A rope retainer comprising:
- a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and a lateral surface;
- at least one main hole passed through the body;
- at least one wing extending from the body; the wing having at least one sub-hole.
2. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rope retainer is a long structure, there are two wings extend from the body; the body is wider than the wings so as to form as an isolation portion; and the two wings being symmetrically arranged at two opposite sides of the body.
3. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is one wing which has a star shape; the body is a sleeve on the wing; the at least one sub-hole is vertical to the main hole.
4. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is one wing which has a heart shape; the body is a sleeve on the wing; the at least one sub-hole is vertical to the main hole.
5. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 1, wherein crystals or diamonds or decorations are installed on the body or the wings.
6. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are a plurality of main holes.
7. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are at least two sub-holes.
8. A shoe having a rope retainer comprising:
- a shoe body being installed with a shoelace; the shoelace having two ends;
- a rope retainer including: a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and a lateral surface; a main hole passed through the body; at least one wing extending from the body; the wing having at least one sub-hole; and
- wherein two ends of the shoelace pass through the at least one sub-hole of the wing and then pass through the main hole so as to form with a shape like a butterfly.
9. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 6, wherein the rope retainer is a long structure, there are two wings extend from the body; the body is wider than the wings so as to form as an isolation portion; the two wings are symmetrically arranged at two opposite sides of the body.
10. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 6, wherein there is one wing which has a star shape; the body is a sleeve on the wing; and the at least one sub-hole is vertical to the main hole.
11. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 6, wherein there is one wing which has a heart shape; the body is a sleeve on the wing; the at least one sub-hole is vertical to the main hole.
12. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 6, wherein crystals or diamonds or decorations are installed on the body or the wings.
13. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 6, wherein there are a plurality of main holes.
14. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 6, wherein there are at least two sub-holes.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 5, 2006
Publication Date: Apr 10, 2008
Inventor: Ping-Kun Lin (Changhua County)
Application Number: 11/543,167
International Classification: A43C 11/00 (20060101); A43C 7/00 (20060101);