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US 5,761,777 AGranted
Guide device for boot lace
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorPatrick Leick
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Abstract
The guide device for boot lace is constituted by an outer framework (11) possessing mechanical strength properties and capable of being fastened to the boot upper, and by an insert (12) made of a material having a low coefficient of friction fastened inside the outer jacket (11) and delimiting the path (12b) of the lace inside the guide device. This guide device makes it possible, in particular, to reduce the friction generated between the lace and the guide device.
Claims9
A guide device for lacing for a boot made of rigid material, said guide device consisting of
- (a) an outer housing framework having mechanical strength characteristics and adapted to be fastened to a boot upper;
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- (b) an insert made of a material having a low coefficient of friction fixedly and non-rotatably attached to an inside of said outer housing framework and delimiting a pathway for said lacing in a lacing plane "P" inside said guide device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.