Display laces

Abstract

A design lace is provided for insertion into an object. The design lace includes a plurality of image sections for forming a unified image. Each image section forms a part of the unified image. All of the design lace is formed so as to be continuous and unbroken.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A design lace for insertion into an object, the design lace comprising:
 a plurality of image sections for forming a unified image, each image section forming a part of the unified image,   wherein all of the design lace is formed so as to be continuous and unbroken.   
     
     
         2 . The design lace of  claim 1 , wherein a width of the design lace is greater than a maximum length of an anchor of the object so that the design lace is reduced from shifting or moving when laced through the anchor so as to allow the unified image to stay in a single position relative to the object. 
     
     
         3 . The design lace of  claim 1 , further comprising negative print areas disposed between the image sections that connect the image sections together. 
     
     
         4 . The design lace of  claim 3 , wherein a width of the design lace is constant throughout all of the image sections and negative print areas. 
     
     
         5 . The design lace of  claim 3 , further comprising keylines between the negative print areas and the image sections, the keylines indicating an alignment of the design lace relative to the object. 
     
     
         6 . The design lace of  claim 3 , wherein each negative print area is a different color than every other negative print area and from every image section. 
     
     
         7 . The design lace of  claim 1 , wherein the object forms parts of the unified image so as to form the unified image with the image sections. 
     
     
         8 . The design lace of  claim 1 , wherein the image sections form the entire unified image. 
     
     
         9 . The design lace of  claim 1 , further comprising stickers for holding the image sections in place relative to each other, the stickers being placed at intervals on an inward facing side of the design lace, the inward facing side for facing the object,
 each sticker having a sticky side facing the inward facing side of the design lace and being configured to hold two of the image sections together with the sticky side.   
     
     
         10 . A system for displaying a unitary image, the system comprising:
 an object; and   a design lace inserted into the object, the design lace including a plurality of image sections each forming a part of a unified image,   wherein all of the design lace is formed so as to be continuous and unbroken.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein
 the object has anchors through which the design lace runs through, the anchors holding the design lace, and   a width of the design lace is greater than a maximum length of the anchors so that the design lace is reduced from shifting or moving so as to allow the unified image to stay in a single position relative to the object.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , further wherein the design lace has negative print areas disposed between the image sections to connect the image sections together. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein a width of the design lace is constant throughout all of the image sections and the negative print areas. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the object forms another part of the unified image so as to form the unified image with the image sections. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the object is a shoe having a tongue, and the another part of the unified image is disposed on the tongue so as to be between the image sections to form the unified image with the image sections. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein a width, a length and a lacing pattern of the design lace are based on a configuration of the object,
 wherein the design lace forms the unified image when the design lace is laced into the object using the lacing pattern.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 10 , further comprising stickers for holding the image sections in place relative to each other, the stickers being placed at intervals on an inward facing side of the design lace, the inward facing side facing the object,
 each sticker having a sticky side facing the inward facing side of the design lace, and holding two of the image sections together with the sticky side.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the image sections form the entire unified image. 
     
     
         19 . A method comprising:
 forming a template lace having a first unified image;   forming a design lace based upon the template lace, the template lace having a second unified image that is identical to the first unified image,   wherein the design lace has a plurality of image sections for forming the second unified image, each image section forming a part of the second unified image,   wherein all of the design lace is formed so as to be continuous and unbroken.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising
 lacing an object with the design lace,   wherein a width of the design lace is greater than a maximum length of an anchor of the object so that the design lace is reduced from shifting or moving so as to allow the second unified image to stay in a single position relative to the object.