Guide and blocking assembly for a boot
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorRene Borel
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Abstract
Guide/blocking element that includes a sliding part defining a passageway for a lace oriented along a direction corresponding substantially to the direction of traction of the lace. The guide/blocking element includes a blocking part arranged in continuity with the sliding section and oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of traction and corresponding to the blocking direction. Advantageously, the median plane of the sliding part and the blocking part is substantially coplanar with the plane of lacing, and the blocking section includes teeth that are inclined along a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the blocking direction.
Claims21
A guide/blocking device for a lace of a boot, said device comprising:
- a guiding part defining a passageway for slidably receiving the lace therethrough, said passageway oriented along a traction direction corresponding substantially to a direction of a traction force to be exerted on the lace for tightening the lace, said guiding part being demarcated in said traction direction by a substantially rectilinear wall and a curvilinear wall;
- a blocking part arranged in continuity with said guiding part, said blocking part oriented along a blocking direction for holding the lace in a blocked position.
A boot comprising:
- an opening;
- a plurality of guide elements located along said opening, said plurality of guide elements defining a lacing zone;
- a lace arranged to pass through said plurality of guide elements;
- at least one guide/blocking device comprising:
- a guiding part defining a passageway for slidably receiving the lace therethrough, said passageway oriented along a traction direction corresponding substantially to a direction of a traction force to be exerted on the lace for tightening the lace, said guiding part being demarcated in said traction direction by a substantially rectilinear wall and a curvilinear wall;
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- a blocking part arranged in continuity with said guiding part, said blocking part oriented along a blocking direction for holding the lace in a blocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.