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US 7,134,224 B2Granted
Laced boot
AssigneeGoodwell International Ltd. (British Virgin Islands)
InventorsMark Elkington, Ralph Kohler
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Abstract
A laced boot having a boot lace and sections of the boot lace run in a continuous one-piece manner as follows: a first section runs from the metatarsal area of the sole over the instep of the boot; a second section runs from the metatarsal area of the sole around the outside of the upper above a heel area of the boot; and a third section runs from the same position of the upper to the instep and back to the cited position of the upper and the three named sections form a triangle, viewed from the side of the boot that covers the ankle joints of the foot.
Claims10
A laced boot comprising:
- a sole comprising a front foot area, a metatarsal area, and a heel area;
- an upper connected to the sole and comprising a toe area, an instep area, a leg, and a heel area;
- and at least one boot lace carried on guides and comprising a first lace section running from the metatarsal area of the sole over the instep area of the upper, a second lace section running from the metatarsal area of the sole around the outside of the upper above the heel area, and a third lace section running from the upper above the heel area and above an upper ankle joint of a foot to the instep area;
- wherein the three lace sections constitute a continuous single lace piece which, as viewed from the side, form a triangle which circumscribes ankle joints of a foot received in the boot and the first and the second lace sections are guided through at least one bore running transversely through the sole.
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A laced boot comprising:
- a sole comprising front foot area, a metatarsal area, and a heel area;
- an upper connected to the sole and comprising a toe area, an instep area, a leg, and a heel area;
- and at least one boot lace carried on guides and comprising a first lace section running from the metatarsal area of the sale over the instep area of the upper, a second lace section running from the metatarsal area of the sole around the outside of the upper above the heel area, and a third lace section running from the upper above the heel area and above an upper ankle joint of a foot to the instep area;
- wherein the three lace sections constitute a continuous single lace piece which, as viewed from the side, form a triangle which circumscribes ankle joints of a foot received in the boot and at least a few sections of the boot lace are guided in flexibly elastic jackets.
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A laced boot comprising:
- a sole comprising a front foot area, a metatarsal area, and a heel area;
- an upper connected to the sole and comprising a toe area, an instep area, a leg, and a heel area;
- and at least one boot lace carried on guides and comprising a first lace section running from the metatarsal area of the sole over the instep area of the upper, a second lace section running from the metatarsal area of the sole around the outside of the upper above the heel area, a third lace section running from the upper above the heel area and above an upper ankle joint of a foot to the instep area;
- wherein the third lace section is followed by at least one fourth lace section that is guided over the upper and is connected in a one-piece manner to one of the first, second, or third lace sections and the lace sections constitute a continuous single lace piece which, as viewed from the side, form a triangle which circumscribes ankle joints of a foot received in the boot.
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A laced boot comprising:
- a sole comprising a front foot area, a metatarsal area, and a heel area;
- an upper connected to the sole and comprising a toe area, an instep area, a leg, and a heel area;
- at least one boot lace carried on guides and comprising a first lace section running from the metatarsal area of the sole over the instep area of the upper, a second lace section running from the metatarsal area of the sale around the outside of the upper above the heel area, and a third lace section running from the upper above the heel area and above an upper ankle joint of a foot to the instep area;
- wherein the three lace sections constitute a continuous single lace piece which, as viewed from the side, form a triangle which circumscribes ankle joints of a foot received in the boot;
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- at least one fifth lace section guided over the upper part to the toe area and connected in a one-piece manner to one of the first, second, or third lace sections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.