Lace-less shoe
AssigneeVisual3D Ltd.
InventorsGal Rotem, Ofir Shpitzer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a shoe and preferably according to the preferred embodiments to a self-closing mechanism within the shoe. The shoe optionally has an inbuilt mechanical fastening system which operates via insertion of the foot into the shoe which depresses an embedded releasing mechanism in the shoe which pulls closed the fastening-cords of the shoe top tightly around the wearer's foot. Subsequently a lever operated by the companion shoe situated on the back of the shoe body acts as a loosening mechanism enabling removal of the shoe from the wearer's foot.
Claims15
A shoe with a self-closing mechanism for receiving a foot of a user, the shoe comprising:
- (a) a main shoe portion configured for receiving the foot;
- (b) a top portion associated with said main shoe portion and displaceable between an open position in which the foot may be inserted into and removed from the main shoe portion and a closed position in which a foot is retained within the shoe;
- (c) a resilient opening element associated with said top portion biasing said top portion to said open position;
- (d) a closing mechanism including at least one fastening-cord passing between said main shoe portion and said top portion and a resilient tensioning element configured to apply tension to said at least one fastening-cord sufficient to overcome biasing of said resilient opening element;
- (e) a releasing mechanism associated with said closing mechanism and configured to assume an activated state in which said releasing mechanism at least partially releases said tension applied by said closing mechanism and a deactivated state in which said tension applied by said closing mechanism is unaffected.
A shoe with a self-closing mechanism for receiving a foot of a user, the shoe comprising:
- (a) a main shoe portion configured for receiving the foot;
- (b) a top portion associated with said main shoe portion and displaceable between an open position in which the foot may be inserted into and removed from the main shoe portion and a closed position in which a foot is retained within the shoe;
- (c) a closing mechanism including at least one fastening-cord passing between said main shoe portion and said top portion and a resilient tensioning element configured to apply tension to said at least one fastening-cord so as to bias said top portion to said closed position;
- (d) a releasing mechanism associated with said resilient closing mechanism and configured to assume an activated state in which said releasing mechanism at least partially releases said tension applied by said resilient closing mechanism and a deactivated state in which said tension applied by said resilient closing mechanism is unaffected, said releasing mechanism including:
- (i) a cable connecting said resilient tensioning element to a release lever;
- (ii) a catch associated with said connecting cable employed for selectively retaining said releasing mechanism in said activated state;
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- (iii) an actuator configured for causing said releasing mechanism to switch from said activated state to said deactivated state, said actuator being deployed within said main shoe portion and configured to be operated by insertion of the foot into said main shoe portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.