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Lock Laces is an elastic shoelace fastening system patented by Street Smart LLC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Entrepreneur has big dreams for laces )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lock Laces Eliminate the Need to Tie Your Shoes Ever Again )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Inventors Insider: 5 Tips for Creating a Prototype )〕 The Lock Lace system consists of an elastic shoestring which is fastened at the top of the shoe by an adjustable locking mechanism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lock Laces: The Best Thing to Happen to Shoe Laces Since the Double Knot )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Small Business Tips for Surviving & Thriving in a Recession )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lock Laces vs. Yankz – or – "Sure they stretch, but do they keep me from flopping about?" )〕 Eric Jackson is the president and CEO of Street Smart LLC, the owner of the Lock Laces brand.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shoes Loop 21 )〕 Lock Laces is manufactured and distributed by Positive Distribution LLC and Nathan Sports, Inc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Selling on Amazon: Fee Increases for Sellers and Merchants )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Everybody Wins Implus Acquires Penguin Brands Shoe Care-assets Penguin Rebrands )〕 ==History== Eric Jackson originally invented Lock Laces for personal use when he became frustrated that his shoelaces would become untied while playing sports.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Special Olympians tie their shoes for good )〕 His original design utilized elastic shoestrings and barrel cord locks.〔 After he was laid off from his job as a light bulb salesman, and a personal friend suggested that he sell his invention, Jackson formed Street Smart LLC in order to market Lock Laces.〔〔 Street Smart LLC was launched with the help of $80,000 raised from investors.〔 In 1999, Jackson began marketing Lock Laces while assembling the product in his mother’s basement.〔〔 Jackson later began contracting out the packaging and assembly of Lock Laces to Opportunity Builders, Inc., a Millersville, Maryland-based nonprofit that offers employment opportunities for adults with developmental and physical disabilities.〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Little Shoelace That Could )〕 In 2011, Lock Laces became a national sponsor of the Special Olympics’ Healthy Athletes Fit Feet program.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Life Changing Shoelaces )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Fit Feet Program )〕 Lock Laces has also partnered with the American Indoor Football Association.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lock Laces」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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