Adjustable length crampon
AssigneeBLUE ICE Europe
InventorsPaul Oddou, Jean-Manuel Ibarra
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Abstract
The length-adjustable crampon for a shoe includes a connecting element, a first part and a second part connected by the connecting element. The crampon includes means for setting the length of the crampon and a locking device configured to maintain the length setting of the crampon. The crampon is configured so that, when the locking device is in an unlocking configuration, a force exerted on the crampon induces an automatic transition from a coupling configuration of the setting means with the connecting element, ensuring the length setting of the crampon, to an uncoupling configuration of the setting means relative to the connecting element, the force being exerted to adjust the length setting of the crampon by reducing the length of the crampon.
Claims14
A length-adjustable crampon for a shoe, the length-adjustable crampon comprising:
- a first part comprising a frame;
- a second part;
- an elongated connecting element connecting the first and second parts, the first part and the elongated connecting element being configured to have relative to each other an ability to move along a length of the elongated connecting element to allow an adjustment of a length setting of the length-adjustable crampon;
- setting means configured to selectively adopt:
- a coupling configuration with the elongated connecting element ensuring the length setting of the length-adjustable crampon;
- an uncoupling configuration relative to the elongated connecting element in which the ability to move is authorized in order to ensure the adjustment;
- a locking device configured to selectively adopt:
- a locking configuration in which, when the setting means are in the coupling configuration, the locking device prevents a transition from the coupling configuration to the uncoupling configuration to maintain the length setting of the length-adjustable crampon;
- an unlocking configuration in which variation between the coupling configuration and the uncoupling configuration is authorized;
- the length-adjustable crampon being configured so that, when the locking device is in its unlocking configuration and the setting means are in the coupling configuration, a force exerted on the length-adjustable crampon induces an automatic transition from the coupling configuration to the uncoupling configuration, the force being exerted on the length-adjustable crampon to obtain a relative displacement between the first part and the elongated connecting element according to the ability to move in order to adjust the length setting of the length-adjustable crampon by reducing the length of the length-adjustable crampon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.