Sport boot having a fixed-lace closure system
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorsPatrick Leick, Thierry Donnadieu
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Abstract
A sport boot including an upper equipped with an opening to enable passage of the foot, and further including an internal quarter and an external quarter connected with respect to one another by a lace or cable in connection with a blocking device or blocker, along a determined alternate path around return elements arranged on either side of the opening. The ends of the strands forming the lace are rendered integral with two fixed anchoring points obtained in a lower end zone of the lacing located towards the front of the boot, the strands mutually forming a free loop at their opposite end, adapted to constitute a single gripping element to exert a traction along a force distributed symmetrically along each of the strands from both fixed points.
Claims15
A boot comprising:
- an external sole;
- an upper affixed onto said external sole and having an opening for facilitating insertion of a foot into the boot, said upper comprising a first portion and a second portion, said opening extending between said first and second portions;
- a closure system for connecting said first and second portions of said upper, said closure system comprising
- a series of return elements, a respective plurality of said return elements being affixed to each of said first portion and said second portion of said upper;
- a blocking device;
- and
- a lace or cable forming two strands, said lace or cable extending in a predetermined path between ones of said return elements and defining a lacing zone, said lacing zone comprising a front lower end and a rear upper end, each of said two strands of said lace or cable having a respective end, each respective end of said two strands being anchored at a respective anchoring location by respective anchoring means at said front lower end of said lacing zone, said two strands extending rearwardly from said lower end of said lacing zone, along said predetermined path between ones of said return elements and, rearward of said ones of said return elements, extending through said blocking device and, beyond said blocking device, said two strands of said lace or cable forming a free loop;
- said free loop constituting a single means for gripping said lace or cable and for exerting a traction force distributed symmetrically along said two strands from said respective anchoring locations at said front lower end of said lacing zone to bring said first and second portions toward one another for tightening said first and second portions on the foot;
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- said blocking device comprising a means for blocking said lace or cable upon attaining a predetermined tightening position of said first and second portions during exertion of said traction force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.