Closure device for a sports footwear
AssigneeTecnica Group S.P.A.
InventorGiorgio Grandin
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Abstract
A closure device for a sports footwear s provided. The device facilitates insertion of the user's foot into the footwear and extraction of the same from the footwear. The closure device can switch from a closed position, in which the user's foot is immobilized within the footwear, to an open position in which the user's foot can be inserted into the footwear or extracted therefrom, and the device can be locked in a fixed position both when it is in its closed position and when it is in its open position. In particular, when it is in its open position, the closure device is locked in a position in which it does not hinder the operations of inserting the user's foot into the footwear and of extracting the user's foot from the footwear.
Claims11
A closure device for a sports footwear, comprising:
- a supporting plate intended to be fixed to the sports footwear and having a supporting plate retaining element;
- a closure lever pivotally connected to the supporting plate;
- a tensioning member pivotally articulated to the closure lever with the interposition of an elastic member and having a first hooking element and a second hooking element;
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- an anchoring plate intended to be fixed to the sports footwear and provided with anchoring plate retaining elements;
- wherein the closure device can be switched from a first, closed position to a second, open position and vice versa;
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- wherein, when the closure device is in the first, closed position, the first hooking element of the tensioning member engages the anchoring plate retaining elements, thereby locking the tensioning element relative to the anchoring plate, while the second hooking element of the tensioning member is disengaged from the supporting plate retaining element, and when the closure device is in the second, open position, the second hooking element of the tensioning member engages the supporting plate retaining element, thereby locking the tensioning element relative to the supporting plate, while the first hooking element of the tensioning member is disengaged from the anchoring plate retaining element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.