Inventor Of The World’s First Permanently-Tied Shoelace
The inventor of the world’s first permanently-tied shoelace has received acclaim from a unique source – the British Cheerleading Asssociation according to a story in The Ealing Gazette.
Father-of-three Peter Greedy, who lives in Hanwell, got plaudits from the BCA for inventing the Greeper, the shoelace which never comes undone.
Mr Greedy said he had his ‘eureka’ moment while driving down the motorway in 2001. He was, like many parents frustrated about the constant state of his young children’s laces – regularly undone, frayed and tatty.
Not convinced that ‘non-lace’ options were the answer he set out to devise an alternative to traditional lace-up shoes when he had an image of what would become the Greeper shoelace system.
After six years or research and development, he finally came up with the revolutionary design and it was patented soon after.
He said: “The sports market has responded extremely positively to Greeper laces because of the obvious health and safety benefits, where people cannot ever trip on their undone laces.”
Photo by Greeper.
RedHotFranchises on November 9th, 2009 2:41 am
Nice invention, no more tripping over shoe laces! This is definitely a security nescessity, and will grow popular worldwide.
Angela Shupe on November 9th, 2009 3:10 am
That is a cute idea and, as the article said, not everyone is crazy about the lace-free options. I think that is a brilliant invention he came up with! Where was he when I needed something like that as a kid? :-)
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