CPC Definition - Subclass A43C
This place covers:
Equipment of the shoe e.g. laces, eyelets, cleats, studs.
This place does not cover:
Equipment for ski boots | |
Equipment for skate |
This place covers:
Every fastening system including at least one lace and concerning the lace, e.g. a special way of lacing, a specific position of the lace on the shoe, several laces used, etc.
This place does not cover:
Hooks for laces; Guards for hooks | |
Eyelets | |
Holding devices for laces | |
Laces; Laces in general for garments made of textiles, leather, or plastics | |
Cable fastening |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Combined fastening | |
Garment fastening device |
This place covers:
Hooks for lacing, along the upper, generally the lace joining together the hooks in the lateral part with the hooks situated on the medial part of the upper.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Making of Hooks from metal sheet |
This place covers:
Holes in the upper generally to help the lace to bring together the lateral part with the medial part of the upper
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Machine for setting eyelets |
This place covers:
Systems to hold lace(s) in tighten position.
This place covers:
The lace itself.
This place covers:
Any fastening that is not a lace. Still some of the documents can have a lace, in case they relate to footwear provided with more than one fastening system.
This place does not cover:
Fastenings withdevice mounted on the tongue (could still involve lace) | |
Ornaments and decorative devices with fastening function (could involve a lace) |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Dress fastenings in general |
This place covers:
Combination of two different fastenings e.g. a lace for precision lacing of a boot, and a zipper, for quick release of the boot.
If one of the two fastenings is a lace, classification should be given in A43C 1/00 and sub-groups.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Buckles in general |
This place covers:
Additional device(s) attached on the shoe to protect against wear.
This place covers:
Additional device(s) attached to a footwear to improve friction.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Sport footwear | |
Football/soccer footwear | |
Soles made anti skid, either by impregnation, either by antiskid devices monolithic to the sole, or multilayer soles, with a part of it in contact with the ground, but excluding the cleats, and studs | |
Apparatus for climbing poles, trees, or the like | |
Snowshoes |
This place covers:
Any attachment to a footwear not covered by the other groups, e.g. a plate with the name of the user, a tool to clean a golf club with the foot, an electronic device, any attachment not integrated in the footwear.