Tethered shoelace clip

Abstract

A clip combination for a child's shoe includes a spring actuated clip tethered to an anchor. The tether and anchor combination secures the clip to the shoe and prevents accidental discarding, and may be accomplished with a bar that fits through the eyelet of the shoe in a first orientation, but cannot fit through the eyelet in other orientations thus resisting dislodging. The anchor can be placed through the eyelet and trapped on the inside of the shoe, undetected by the child's foot. When tension is placed on the tether corresponding to dislodging of the clip, the anchor is pulled against the eyelet such that, by its connection, passage through the eyelet is resisted.

1 . A shoelace clip for a child's shoe comprising: 
 a spring biased clip adapted for reciprocated opening and closing about a tied shoe lace;    a tether having first and second ends, said first end connected to said spring biased clip; and    an anchor connected to said second end of said tether, said anchor coupling said clip to said child's shoe in a releasable attachment.    
   
   
       2 . The shoelace clip of  claim 1  wherein said anchor comprises a bar having a length, a width, and a height, and said child's shoe having a plurality of equally dimensioned substantially circular eyelets having a diameter, and wherein said length of said anchor is greater than said diameter of said eyelet and said width and height of said anchor is less than said diameter of said eyelet.  
   
   
       3 . The shoelace clip of  claim 1  wherein a length of said tether is shorter than a distance between said eyelet and a bottom surface of said child's shoe.  
   
   
       4 . The shoelace clip of  claim 1  further comprising a faceplate on said clip, said faceplate depicting an animal face.