invention ideas submission

[kimba1]

anybody out there have idea`s or want something made
I want do figure how to keep my boot laces to stay tight.
every couple of hours it unravels and I have to re-tie them
lets brain-storm here.
I`ve lost count how many answers to things I`ve gotten here
doesn`t have to be an idea it could also be exchange of tips.
like how to make the perfect steak everytime.
just throw stuff out there and see if an answer pops up

[Lanya]

Maybe your feet are telling you something.  Are your feet swollen?   BP OK?

I thought of curly laces.  I bet you've seen them, they're elastic coils that you lace your boots with and you don't really have to tie them.  Any mall shoe store has them.  They do make them for boots, I've seen them here, anyway.
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/shoelacetips.htm
But this guy has tips on shoelaces, neat ways to tie, etc. 

[Plane]

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm

http://digg.com/videos_educational/How_to_tie_your_shoelaces_-_fast!


http://www.coilersplus.com/coilergifts.htm
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/10180955/No_tie_Shoelace.html




http://www.kevinfitzmaurice.com/response_shoelaces_parable.htm
LESSON TWO
Tying your shoelaces the way you are tying them now feels "natural" and "normal" because it is a habit--not because it is natural or normal.

Learning to tie your shoelaces a new way--no matter how much better or how perfect a way it is--will be uncomfortable and will take persistent practice and work.

The new more effective way of tying your shoelaces will feel "unnatural" and "abnormal" not because it is wrong--but only because it is against your current habit.



http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/spr/1999-01/msg0014076.html

If one carefully pulls in the shoelace loops of the tied shoelace knots
out so that the result is a knot (instead of untying the shoelaces), then
there are two variations that can occur, the reef-knot and the granny's
knot. The former shoelace knot will hold well, but the other will not.

So here is an explanation why every second ties a good shoelace knot and
every second generation ties bad one: When mom teaches the child to tie
the knot, she stands in front of the child; the child first ties the
simple crossing of laces, but when mom shows the child doing the
complicated shoelace knot loops, the child is taught the mirror reversed
variation. So every second generation it switches between a reef-knot and
a granny's knot.




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This turned into a good fun Google search , why create in a world already awash with creativity?


Seriously though , I did have an idea , could a shoe close with a mechanism simular to a ring binder?

When you would step onto the sole the sides could snap shut like a foot trap and enclose the foot , then a lever on the heel could unlock and recock the mechanism opening .


I don't suppose you would want to step on this thing unexpectedly in the dark, or backwards.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Seriously though , I did have an idea , could a shoe close with a mechanism simular to a ring binder?

They used to sell shoes like this in the 1960's. The tongue closed and heald the shoe together, sort of like a ring binder.

I had several pairs of these. I have not seen them lately.

Velcro closure is your best bet Haband sells shoes with velcro closures.

The Curly shoelaces work, too.

[kimba1]

I gotta give those curly shoelaces a try
You mention shoe tongue
after awhile shoes tend strecht out and you can`t tie it tight anymore
how about like a tongue padding
a piece of leather or thick cloth on top of the tongue fillout the space under the laces so you can tie tight again?
I could use something like that for my older boots and shoes

[Lanya]

http://walking.about.com/cs/shoecare/tp/lacelock.htm

[Plane]

Seriously though , I did have an idea , could a shoe close with a mechanism simular to a ring binder?

They used to sell shoes like this in the 1960's. The tongue closed and heald the shoe together, sort of like a ring binder.

I had several pairs of these. I have not seen them lately.

Velcro closure is your best bet Haband sells shoes with velcro closures.

The Curly shoelaces work, too.

Wow, I thought I was kidding.

[kimba1]

Velcro closure is your best bet Haband sells shoes with velcro closures

the problem with velcro is it`s not a even tightness on the shoe so running on them not that good.

but they`re a decent shoe for shorts walks.

they`re great for travel ,to get through airport security

because you can tighten them fairly quick

[Lanya]

Kimba---I'm going to try the sticky stuff mentioned in that one site.   Or rosin.  And I wonder if flat laces come untied less than round laces? 

[kimba1]

I leaning toward that myself
also looking at the bumpy laces

but i think I can make them or get an idea from them
need to think about it more