Sport shoe with a dynamic adjustable cuff assembly
OwnerRichard G. Spademaninventor
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Abstract
A sport shoe (1,30,50) is described provided with a cuff means (3,52) and means (17,57,58,70,71) responsive to forward lean coupled to said cuff means (3,52) for tightening said cuff means (3,52) about a leg enclosed thereby. In one embodiment the tightening means (17) is coupled to a cuff-mounted buckle means (10,31) for pulling cuff flap means (4,5) together with forward lean of the cuff means (5). In another embodiment a tongue member (53), in cooperation with the tightening means (57,58,70,71) pulls the cuff means (55,56) together with forward lean. In all of the embodiments forward and rearward lean dynamically adjust the fit of the cuff means (3,52) with respect to a leg enclosed thereby.
Claims19
A sport shoe for a lower extremity comprising:
- cuff means for engaging the lower extremity;
- and
- means responsive to relative movement of the lower extremity and coupled to said cuff means for tightening said cuff means about the lower extremity in response to a relative forward lean of the lower extremity.
A sport shoe for a lower extremity comprising:
- a shell;
- a cuff for engaging the extremity attached to the shell for movement in first and second directions with respect to the shell and defined by first and second, relatively movable parts;
- and
- means coupled with the parts and the shell for moving the parts towards each other in response to movement of the cuff with respect to the shell in the first direction;
- whereby the tightness with which the parts engage the lower extremity is increased when the cuff is moved in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.