Shoelace securing assembly

Abstract

A shoelace securing assembly for securing shoelaces on shoes without tying the shoelaces includes a block that has a plurality of apertures each extending therethrough. Each of the apertures insertably receives a respective one of a pair of shoelaces on a shoe having the shoe laces arranged into a pair of loops. In this way the block facilitates the shoe laces to be secured in lieu of tying a knot. Thus, the block facilitates a child to secure the shoe on the child's foot without knowing how to tie the shoelaces. Each of the apertures has a prominence therein and the prominence in each of the apertures frictionally engages the respective shoelaces for retaining the shoelaces in the block.

1 . A shoelace securing assembly being configured to secure shoelaces on a shoe in lieu of a knot, said assembly comprising:
 a block having a plurality of apertures each extending therethrough, each of said apertures insertably receiving a respective one of a pair of shoelaces on a shoe having said shoe laces being arranged into a pair of loops thereby facilitating said block to secure said shoe laces in lieu of tying a knot wherein said block is configured to facilitate a child to secure said shoe on the child's foot without knowing how to tie said shoelaces, each of said apertures having a prominence therein, said prominence in each of said apertures frictionally engaging said respective shoelaces for retaining said shoelaces in said block, said block having a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface, each of said apertures extending through said first and second lateral surfaces, each of said apertures having a bounding surface, said bounding surface of each of said apertures having said prominence thereon, said prominence on said bounding surface of each of said apertures extending substantially between said first and second lateral sides of said block, said bounding surface of each of said apertures tapering extending inwardly from each of said first lateral side and said second lateral side toward a center line of a respective aperture such that each of said apertures has cross-sectional taken along a perpendicular axis with respect to said center line of said respective aperture defining a pair of adjoining cones thereby defining said prominence in said respective aperture.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of apertures includes a first aperture, a second aperture, a third aperture and a fourth aperture, a first one of said shoelaces being extended through said first aperture from said first lateral surface toward said second lateral surface, said first shoelace being looped back through said second aperture from said second lateral surface toward said first lateral surface, a second one of said shoelaces being extended through said third aperture from said second lateral surface toward said first lateral surface, said second shoelace being looped back through said fourth aperture from said first lateral surface toward said second lateral surface. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . A shoelace securing assembly being configured to secure shoelaces on a shoe in lieu of a knot, said assembly comprising:
 a block having a plurality of apertures each extending therethrough, each of said apertures insertably receiving a respective one of a pair of shoelaces on a shoe having said shoe laces being arranged into a pair of loops thereby facilitating said block to secure said shoe laces in lieu of tying a knot wherein said block is configured to facilitate a child to secure said shoe on the child's foot without knowing how to tie said shoelaces, each of said apertures having a prominence therein, said prominence in each of said apertures frictionally engaging said respective shoelaces for retaining said shoelaces in said block, said block having a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface, each of said apertures extending through said first and second lateral surfaces, each of said apertures having a bounding surface, said bounding surface of each of said apertures having said prominence thereon, said prominence on said bounding surface of each of said apertures extending substantially between said first and second lateral sides of said block, said plurality of apertures including a first aperture, a second aperture, a third aperture and a fourth aperture, a first one of said shoelaces being extended through said first aperture from said first lateral surface toward said second lateral surface, said first shoelace being looped back through said second aperture from said second lateral surface toward said first lateral surface, a second one of said shoelaces being extended through said third aperture from said second lateral surface toward said first lateral surface, said second shoelace being looped back through said fourth aperture from said first lateral surface toward said second lateral surface, said bounding surface of each of said apertures tapering extending inwardly from each of said first lateral side and said second lateral side toward a center line of a respective aperture such that each of said apertures has cross-sectional taken along a perpendicular axis with respect to said center line of said respective aperture defining a pair of adjoining cones thereby defining said prominence in said respective aperture.   
     
     
         6 . (canceled) The assembly according to  claim 5 , wherein said bounding surface of each of said apertures curves outwardly from said center line of said respective aperture at each of said first and second lateral surfaces of said block such that each end of said apertures has a diameter being greater than a diameter of a center of said apertures. 
     
     
         7 . The assembly according to  claim 5 , further comprising each end of said apertures having a diameter being less than a diameter of a center between said apertures. 
     
     
         8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . The assembly according to  claim 5 , wherein said block has an outside surface extending between each of said first and second lateral surfaces, said outside surface being continuously arcuate such that said block has a circular cross section taken along a line extending through said first and second lateral surfaces.