Fashionable footwear accessory device for teaching the tying of a footwear lace

Abstract

A fashionable footwear accessory device for use with a shoelace passed through the eyelets of an article of footwear, in such a manner that when mounted to said article of footwear, the fashionable footwear accessory device resembles an animated character, fictional or real in nature, that is mounted on top of the article of footwear. The fashionable footwear accessory device comprises a flexible patterned material piece having: two spaced-apart pre-formed holes for forming an aminated character's ears; two spaced-apart pairs of slit-apertures for forming the animated character's eyes; a pair of slit-apertures for forming the animated character's nose; and a pair of slit-apertures for forming the animated character's mouth; wherein the face of the animated character is completed when the shoelace is weaved through the holes and apertures of the flexible patterned material piece and tied together to form the animated character's ears, eyes, nose and mouth.

1 . A fashionable footwear accessory device for use with a shoelace passed through the eyelets of an article of footwear, in such a manner that when mounted to said article of footwear, said fashionable footwear accessory device resembles an animated character, fictional or real in nature, that is mounted on top of said article of footwear, said fashionable footwear accessory device comprises:
 a flexible patterned material piece having
 two spaced-apart pairs of pre-formed holes for forming an aminated character's ears, 
   wherein the face of the animated character is completed when said shoelace is weaved through the holes of said flexible patterned material piece and tied together to form an appearance of the animated character's ears.   
     
     
         2 . The fashionable footwear accessory device of  claim 1 , wherein said flexible patterned material piece comprises a patterned piece of material selected from the group consisting of leather, plastic, cardboard, and metal. 
     
     
         3 . The fashionable footwear accessory device of  claim 1 , which further comprises:
 a shoelace patterned in three color patterned along its length,   where a middle color section is provided for the nose portion of the animated character displayed by the device when assembled, and   color patterned end portions provide coloring for the ear loops formed by the device when shoe lace tying operations are completed.   
     
     
         4 . A fashionable footwear accessory device for use with a shoelace passed through the eyelets of an article of footwear, in such a manner that when mounted to said article of footwear, said fashionable footwear accessory device resembles an animated character, fictional or real in nature, that is mounted on top of said article of footwear, said fashionable footwear accessory device comprises:
 a flexible patterned material piece having
 two spaced-apart pairs of pre-formed holes for forming an aminated character's ears, and 
 a pair of pre-formed slit-apertures for forming the animated character's nose; 
   wherein the face of the animated character is completed when said shoelace is weaved through the holes and apertures of said flexible patterned material piece and tied together to form an appearance of the animated character's ears and nose.   
     
     
         5 . The fashionable footwear accessory device of  claim 4 , wherein said flexible patterned material piece comprises a patterned piece of material selected from the group consisting of leather, plastic, cardboard, and metal. 
     
     
         6 . The fashionable footwear accessory device of  claim 4 , which further comprises:
 a shoelace patterned in three color patterned along its length,   where a middle color section is provided for the nose portion of the animated character displayed by the device when assembled, and   color patterned end portions provide coloring for the ear loops formed by the device when shoe lace tying operations are completed.   
     
     
         7 . The fashionable footwear accessory device of  claim 4 , wherein said flexible patterned material piece further has
 two spaced apart pairs of pre-formed slit-apertures for forming the animated character's eyes;   wherein the face of the animated character is completed when said shoelace is weaved through the holes and apertures of said flexible patterned material piece and tied together to form an appearance of the animated character's ears, eyes, and nose.   
     
     
         8 . A fashionable footwear accessory device for use with a shoelace passed through the eyelets of an article of footwear, in such a manner that when mounted to said article of footwear, said fashionable footwear accessory device resembles an animated character, fictional or real in nature, that is mounted on top of said article of footwear, said fashionable footwear accessory device comprises:
 a flexible patterned material piece having
 two spaced-apart pairs of pre-formed holes for forming an animated character's ears, and 
 a pair of preformed slit-apertures for forming the animated character's mouth; 
   wherein the face of the animated character is completed when said shoelace is weaved through said holes and said apertures of said flexible patterned material piece and tied together to form an appearance of the animated character's ears and mouth.   
     
     
         9 . The fashionable footwear accessory device of  claim 8 , wherein said flexible patterned material piece comprises a patterned piece of material selected from the group consisting of leather, plastic, cardboard, and metal. 
     
     
         10 . The fashionable footwear accessory device of  claim 8 , which further comprises:
 a shoelace patterned in three color patterned along its length,   where a middle color section is provided for the nose portion of the animated character displayed by the device when assembled, and   color patterned end portions provide coloring for the ear loops formed by the device when shoe lace tying operations are completed.   
     
     
         11 . The fashionable footwear accessory device of  claim 8 , wherein said flexible patterned material piece further has
 two spaced-apart pairs of slit-apertures for forming the animated character's eyes, and   a pair of slit-apertures for forming the animated character's nose, and   wherein the face of the animated character is completed when said shoelace is weaved through said holes and said apertures of said flexible patterned material piece and tied together to form an appearance of the animated character's ears, eyes, nose and mouth.