Boots – shoes – and leggings – Uppers – Closure
Patent
1996-04-15
1997-07-29
Sewell, Paul T.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Uppers
Closure
36 505, 36 54, A43B 1100, A43C 1120
Patent
active
056511981
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a shoe, especially sport shoe, with a closing device using a rope-like or strap-like tightening element, which can be tightened between at least one defelecting element provided on each of two shoe parts to be braced against one another.
2. Description of Related Art
Such a shoe is known from German Patent Application 23 17 408. The deflecting elements for the rope-like tightening element are made there as deflecting rollers and are mounted in roller carriers that can be fastened to the shoe upper or to an instep cover. The tightening rope must be inserted there through the interspace present between the fastening point of the roller carrier and the deflecting roller. This type of assembly is therefore difficult and time-consuming.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
With this invention, the object to be achieved is to configure and to make possible, respectively, the deflecting elements and their fastening to the shoe upper, so that the assembly as well as the optional detaching of the tightening element is substantially simplified. Also, an efficient production of the deflecting elements is to be made possible.
This object is achieved by the features wherein each deflecting element, has a disk or plate shape which is provided with a groove for a tightening element on its front surface, at least in the area in which the tightening element imparts its gripping power, the groove depth or cross section being greater than the thickness or the cross section of the tightening element. Furthermore, a latching member is provided on at least one side of the groove which has a sloping side which rises in an outward direction away from the groove, a lowest, innermost point on said sloping side being at a distance relative to an opposite side of the groove that is less than a thickness of the tightening element. This latching member can be deflected away from the groove wall in an elastically springy manner relative to opposite groove wall (21), so that tightening element (7) can snap into and engage in the groove over the sloping side of the latching member, whereby the tightening element is then movably guided in the groove.
With the configuration of the deflecting elements according to the invention, a very quick undetachable suspension of the tightening element, but also a simple removal of it, is possible. Furthermore, the deflecting element can consist of a simple plastic molded part, which can be produced efficiently as a complete unit and can be fastened to the shoe.
Other advantageous details of the invention are described in more detail below based on the embodiment represented in the drawing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 A shoe with a rotary closing device in a side view,
FIG. 2 shows a deflecting element according to this invention in the top view,
FIG. 3 shows the deflecting element of FIG. 2 in a view from below,
FIG. 4 shows a view corresponding to section I--I of FIG. 2 and
FIG. 5 shows a view corresponding to section II--II of FIG. 3.
In FIG. 1, a shoe, especially a sport shoe, is designated with 1. On instep 2, a rotary closing device 5 is attached to a support 3 in an indentation 4. By rotating its rotary disk 6, a rope pulley an provided inside the rotary closing device 5 can be rotated. A rope-like or strap-like tightening element 7 is connected with the rope pulley, element which is brought out laterally from openings 8 of support 3, for example, in the form of loops, and is guided to deflecting elements 9. Preferably, such openings 8 are provided respectively on two sides opposite one another or almost opposite sides of support 3, thus here, respectively, on the left side and on the right side. In the arrangement of rotary closing device 5 on the lateral upper, they can be provided there also in the front or in the rear.
Support 3 can be attached to shoe 1 to pivot in an opening direction or can be tightly connected with tongue 10. It can also be attached laterally to shoe 1, to a shoe upper part or the like.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5425185 (1995-06-01), Gansler
patent: 5463822 (1995-11-01), Miller
patent: 5502902 (1996-04-01), Susmann
patent: 5511325 (1996-04-01), Hieblinger
PUMA AG Rudolf Dassler Sport
Safran David S.
Sewell Paul T.
Stashick Anthony
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