Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Occupational or athletic shoe
Patent
1995-08-09
1997-08-26
Kavanaugh, Ted
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Occupational or athletic shoe
36 501, A43B 514, A43C 1100
Patent
active
056599820
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to shoes and, more particularly, to bicycling shoes furnished with tension-binding articles.
BACKGROUND ART
An example of a bicycling shoe is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 84105/1993.
As shown in FIG. 14, the shoe has a flexible tension-binding belt 8 that is folded back, one end 8a of which is sewn along a lower tip 9a of a vamp 9, and the other end 8b of which is sewn along a lower butt 9b of the vamp 9. The turned portion 10 of the tension-binding belt 8 is hooked into place between an upper-end fore portion 13a and an upper-end rear portion 13b of another vamp 13, such that it covers shoelace 12 laced across an opening 11. A fastener 15 is fitted to the turned portion 10 through a strap-passing ring 14. The fastener 15 can selectively be fastened to a fastening surface 16 provided spreading from a tip 13c to a butt 13d of the vamp 13.
With a bicycling shoe from the above-mentioned construction, when in actual use, the adjusting that should hold the shoe fast to the feet is by the shoelace 12. The tension-binding belt 8 is utilized only for preventing the secured lace 12 from coming loose. For this reason, when putting on and taking off the shoe, one must manipulate the tension-binding belt 8 together with the shoelace 12.
Moreover, in an instance a shoe from the aforementioned construction is to be utilized, for example, in the competition bicycling that is attended by violent pushing-down and pulling-up actions of the leg such that the entire shoe is distorted, the fastening surface 16, effected by the distorting to the entire shoe, Simply doesn't hold up, as a result of which the fastening surface 16 easily deforms, and cannot retain the fastener 15.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide with a bicycling shoe that is easy to wear and remove, and that can adjust finely to the shape of the individual wearer's foot.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a bicycling shoe that is easy to wear and remove, and that holds firmly bound tight even in severe movement.
A shoe in connection with a first aspect of the present invention is a bicycling shoe, and is provided a shoe main body, a first tension-binding belt, a second tension-binding belt, a free ring, and a tensioning implement. The shoe main body has, in the uppermost front portion, a vamp that covers the instep of the foot, and in the uppermost rear portion, it has an opening for inserting the foot. The first tension-binding belt has at least one end connected to the shoe main body, and extends over the vamp and has a first turnover portion. The second tension-binding belt has at least one end connected to the shoe main body and has a second turnover portion which is adjacent to the first turnover portion. The first and second turnover portions are inserted through the free ring such that the first and second tension-binding belts are connected. The tensioning implement is for fixing the first tension-binding belt in a tensioned state to the shoe main body.
Herein, since tension-binding belts that have turnover portions are connected through the free ring, the binding and tightening caused by the tension-binding belts, in responding to the shape of an individual's foot, is finely adjusted. Moreover, since the construction is that the first tension-binding belt is fixed to the shoe main body under a tensioned state brought about by the tensioning implement, it is easy to put on and take off the shoe.
It is also suitable that the second tension-binding belt be connected to the shoe main body in such a manner that the free ring is movable in the longitudinal direction of the shoe. This will accordingly improve the adjusting function. Herein, for example, the second tension-binding belt may have, wherein its position in the longitudinal direction of the shoe is different, a part that extends from the second turnover portion, or a construction is realizable in which the second tension-binding belt is connected freely pivotal to the shoe
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Muraoka Tsutomu
Watanabe Satoshi
Kavanaugh Ted
Shimano Inc.
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