# US 5,701,639 A · Securing device for footwear

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- Number: US 5,701,639 A
- Document ID: US5701639A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/789,383
- Filed: 1997-01-28
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1997-01-28
- Inventors: He-Jin Chen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5701639A

## CPC

- A43C 11/1406: {Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor}
- A43C 11/148: {characterised by special protection means to prevent damage or accidental loosening of the fastening means}
- Y10T 24/2106: Ski boot and garment fasteners
- Y10T 24/2142: Ski boot and garment fasteners
- Y10T 24/216: Ski boot and garment fasteners
- Y10T 24/2183: Ski, boot, and shoe fasteners
- Y10T 24/45602: Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity
- A43C: FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A securing device for footwear includes a receiving member pivotally connected to a base which is fixedly connected to the footwear and a stop extending upwardly therefrom, a toothed band having one end pivotally connected to the receiving member and the other end of the toothed band fixedly connected to a fixing member on the footwear, and an operating member which is pivotally and slidably received in a receiving space defined in the receiving member. The receiving space accesses a lateral side of the receiving member and is defined by a top, an end wall and a bottom in which a slot is defined. The operating member has a limit member extending therefrom and extending through the slot, a hole defined through the operating member so the stop movably received in the hole. An inner periphery defining the hole has a hook member extending therefrom so as to engage with the stop when tightening the toothed band and disengaged with the stop when pushing the operating member in the receiving space.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A securing device for footwear, comprising:
a base (23) fixedly disposed to one side of said footwear and having one end with two lugs (230) extending therefrom, the other end of said base (23) having a stop (231) extending upwardly therefrom;
a receiving member (22) having a first end with two arms (221) extending therefrom so as to pivotally connected to said two lugs (230) of said base (23) and a second end of said receiving member (22) having a receiving space (222) defined therein wherein said receiving space (222) accesses to a lateral side of said receiving member (22), said receiving space (222) defined by a top, a bottom (227) and an end wall (228) wherein said bottom (227) has a slot (225) and a first hole (223) respectively defined therethrough, said end wall (228) having a recessed portion (224) defined therein for receiving a spring (243) therein;
an operating member (24) having one end with a shaft (240) extending downwardly from an under side thereof so as to be rotatably received in said first hole (223) and the other end of said operating member (24) having a rod (242) extending transversely therefrom so as to be inserted in said spring (243), a limit member (245) extending from said under side of said operating member (24) so as to be movably received in said slot (225) of said bottom (227), said operating member (24) having a second hole (244) defined therethrough by an inner periphery defining said second hole (244), said inner periphery defining said second hole (244) having a hook member (246) extending laterally therefrom so that said stop (231) is inserted in said second hole (244) and said hook member (246) is detachably engaged with said stop (231), and
a toothed band (21) having a head (210) formed on one end thereof and said head (210) pivotally engaged between said two arms (221).