Shoe with a central closure

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1993-08-31

1994-10-18

Sewell, Paul T.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

Uppers

Closure

36 54, 36 45, A43B 1100

Patent

active

053555961

ABSTRACT:
A shoe, especially a sport, leisure or rehabilitation shoe, with an upper that is at least partially formed of an elastically flexible material, a central closure attached on an instep cover in an area of the wearer's instep, and with a wire-like tightening element that is coupled with the central closure and runs from the central closure down toward a toe end of the upper and then back up to the central closure, the tightening element passing back and forth between guide elements on the instep cover and on side parts of the upper at each of opposite sides of the throat area. In accordance with preferred embodiments, a projecting sheet-shaped tab is molded to the instep cover, the tab being securely connected at an instep area of the shoe, and the instep cover being folded around a hinge-like connection of the tab on the instep area to be covered. As a result, the instep cover is movably attached to the shoe upper in a simple way. Furthermore, this instep cover is suitable, especially, for shoes with a supporting strap and tensioning strip attached on a shoe upper part which is formed entirely or partially of a volume-compressible, preferably of closed-pore, foam.

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