Tightening device for athletic shoe
AssigneeSalomon S. A.
InventorChristophe Cumin
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Abstract
Athletic shoe comprised of a sole (1) to which is attached a vamp (2), of which the upper anterior portion contains a slit (3) associated with a system (6) for tightening the shoe and covered with a closing flap (7). A yoke (11) fastened to the sole extends inside the vamp to the slit (3) and is secured by its upper border (16) to the system for tightening the shoe (6) in such a way that it is brought into contact with the edge (4) of the above-mentioned slit.
Claims8
Athletic shoe comprising a sole to which is attached a vamp constituting the shaft of the shoe, containing in its upper anterior portion a slit opening toward the upper part of said shaft, the slit being associated with means for tightening the shoe and being covered by a closing flap, wherein
- (a) one (4) of the edges of the slit (3) is comprised of a free end of a first side of the vamp (2), the other (16) edge of said slit (3) being comprised of a free end of a yoke (11) attached to the sole (1) on a second side of the vamp (2) and to the inside of the vamp;
- (b) the closing flap (7) is comprised of the extension of the said second side of the vamp (2) extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the shoe in order to cooperate with the means for tightening the shoe located on the first side of the vamp;
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- (c) said internal yoke (11) is partially joined to the second side of the vamp (2) at a point (14) located on an upper border 13 of said vamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.