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.
Claims10
A closure device for a sports footwear, comprising:
- a supporting plate intended to be fixed to the sports footwear;
- 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;
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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, and wherein the tensioning member comprises first hooking elements engaging the anchoring plate retaining elements when the closure device is in the first, closed position;
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- wherein the supporting plate comprises supporting plate retaining elements and the tensioning member comprises second hooking elements engaging the supporting plate retaining elements when the closure device is in the second, open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.