EP0021612B1 - Coquille de protection des orteils - Google Patents
Coquille de protection des orteils Download PDFInfo
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- EP0021612B1 EP0021612B1 EP19800301743 EP80301743A EP0021612B1 EP 0021612 B1 EP0021612 B1 EP 0021612B1 EP 19800301743 EP19800301743 EP 19800301743 EP 80301743 A EP80301743 A EP 80301743A EP 0021612 B1 EP0021612 B1 EP 0021612B1
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- Prior art keywords
- toe cap
- footwear
- curved member
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
- A43B7/32—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with shock-absorbing means
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
- A43B23/08—Heel stiffeners; Toe stiffeners
- A43B23/081—Toe stiffeners
- A43B23/086—Toe stiffeners made of impregnated fabrics, plastics or the like
- A43B23/087—Toe stiffeners made of impregnated fabrics, plastics or the like made of plastics
Definitions
- the invention relates to protective toe caps for use in footwear for protecting the toes of the wearer against injury.
- Conventional protective footwear incorporates a pressed steel toe cap which is built in to an article of footwear in such a way that it is adapted to lie over the toes of the wearer and extend down to the sole portion of the article of footwear around the sides and the front of the toe area.
- the toe cap then protects the toes of the wearer against being crushed when the front portion of the footwear is subjected to a heavy load or a hard blow.
- Protective footwear incorporating steel toe caps can be cumbersome and heavy and this disadvantage is particularly relevant in the case of safety footwear for ladies. It has already been proposed in U.K.
- Patent Specification 1,284,736 to form a toe cap for protective footwear from a plastics material but to achieve a useful degree of protection it was found necessary to provide the toe cap with a thick solid body of plastics material which was in use loaded purely in compression and so acted more as a spacer between the load and the ground than as a bridge protecting the toes.
- This known toe cap of plastics material was also cumbersome because it required an increased length to the article of footwear and it was of limited value because it gave little or no protection against localised loads applied immediately behind the protective block.
- a shaped sheet steel protective toe cap of varying thickness is described in US-A-. 2,151,554.
- This toe cap comprises a top wall having a rear marginal portion tapering in thickness towards its edge and a skirt extending continuously along the opposite sides and front thereof and tapering in thickness towards its bottom and rear edges.
- the toe cap is shaped from a flat blank which itself has its edges bevelled by hammering or rolling.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an improved toe cap moulded from plastics material.
- a protective toe cap for incorporation into industrial safety footwear comprising a curved member having a main area of substantially uniform thickness and adapted to lie over the toes of the wearer and extend down to a lower edge at the sole portion of the footwear characterised by the combination that:-
- the lower edge is reinforced by an inwardly directed integrally moulded flange.
- the drawing shows a toe cap with a generally curved shape for conforming to the toe part of a safety boot or safety shoe so that in use it would bridge the toes of the wearer and extend down to the sole of the shoe or boot in front of and to the side of the toes.
- the toe cap is in the form of a single continuous curve in three dimensions.
- the toe cap is moulded from a high strength fibre reinforced plastics material and in a typical example, the fibre is glass fibre.
- the fibre is incorporated into the plastics material matrix in such a way as to form a composite which can be moulded without laying up individual layers of fibres.
- the main area of the toe cap 11 is of substantially uniform thickness.
- the front part 12 of the toe cap and the forward part 13 of the sides of the toe cap are of increased thickness compared with the main area 11 and this increased thickness tapers gradually and merges smoothly with the main part 11 of substantially uniform thickness.
- the lower edge of the toe cap is provided with an inwardly directed integrally moulded flange 15.
- a further feature which assists the appearance of the boot or shoe is that the rear edge portion 14 of the toe cap is tapered in thickness to facilitate merging of the toe cap with the remainder of the boot or shoe.
- the decreased thickness in this area does not significantly affect the strength of the toe cap as a whole and allows a slight increase in the general thickness of the main area 11 without introducing an unsightly appearance.
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- Footwear And Its Accessory, Manufacturing Method And Apparatuses (AREA)
Claims (1)
- Coquille de protection des orteils, destinée à être incorporée dans un chaussure industrielle de sécurité, comprenant un élément incurvé présentant une zone principale (11) d'épaisseur sensiblement uniforme et adapté à s'étendre sur les orteils du porteur et à se prolonger vers le bas jusqu'à un bord inférieur, au niveau de la partie semelle de la chaussure, caractérisée par la combinaison selon laquelle:(a) l'élément incurvé est formé d'une matière plastique renforcée, et(b) l'élément incurvé possède une zone épaissie autour de sa partie frontale inférieure (12) et de la partie antérieure (13) des ses côtés, la zone épaissie se rétrécissant dans une direction vers le haut et vers l'arrière et fusionnant d'une manière continue avec la zone principale (11) d'épaisseur sensiblement uniforme de l'élément incurvé, et le bord arrière (14) de la zone principale (11) de l'élément incurvé se rétrécit doucement à partir de la zone principale (11) de cet élément pour favoriser la fusion du bord arrière (14) avec la chaussure.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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GB7920020 | 1979-06-08 | ||
GB7920020 | 1979-06-08 |
Publications (2)
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EP0021612A1 EP0021612A1 (fr) | 1981-01-07 |
EP0021612B1 true EP0021612B1 (fr) | 1983-11-09 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP19800301743 Expired EP0021612B1 (fr) | 1979-06-08 | 1980-05-27 | Coquille de protection des orteils |
Country Status (4)
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EP (1) | EP0021612B1 (fr) |
CA (1) | CA1131905A (fr) |
DE (1) | DE3065511D1 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES251224U (fr) |
Families Citing this family (12)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2138272B (en) * | 1980-03-21 | 1985-05-01 | Britton Limited G B | Protective toe caps |
FR2515706B1 (fr) * | 1981-10-30 | 1987-11-20 | Morel Serge | Materiau composite economique notamment pour renforts de chaussures, son procede de fabrication et renforts realises avec ce materiau |
FR2525443B1 (fr) * | 1982-04-23 | 1986-04-18 | Agulhon Michel | Embout pour chaussures de securite |
EP0100181A1 (fr) * | 1982-07-28 | 1984-02-08 | Imperial Chemical Industries Plc | Coquille protège-orteils |
AU5453386A (en) * | 1985-02-08 | 1986-08-26 | Siskind, L.B.M. . | Toe guard for footwear and footwear so made |
DE3529999A1 (de) * | 1985-08-22 | 1987-02-26 | Bayer Ag | Gespritzte schuhkappe aus thermoplastischem kunststoff |
US4862606A (en) * | 1986-02-20 | 1989-09-05 | Siskind Leland B M | Toe guard for footwear, process for its manufacture, and footwear so made |
US4735003A (en) * | 1986-03-25 | 1988-04-05 | Haskon Corporation | Protective toe cap for footwear |
JPH03101875A (ja) * | 1989-09-13 | 1991-04-26 | Kanto Auto Works Ltd | 樹脂成形体の静電塗装方法 |
DE4320312C2 (de) * | 1992-07-02 | 1997-02-20 | Ykk Corp | Sicherheitsschutzkappe und Sicherheitsschuh |
CA2119837C (fr) * | 1994-03-24 | 1998-09-22 | Gilles Fortin | Protecteur metatarsien pour chaussure de securite |
IT1279454B1 (it) * | 1995-10-18 | 1997-12-10 | Alpine Stars Spa | Procedimento per l'ottenimento di un elemento di protezione per calzature sportive e/o capi di abbigliamento e prodotto ottenuto con |
Family Cites Families (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US1726198A (en) * | 1926-05-05 | 1929-08-27 | Stahl Eugen | Football boot and the like |
US2151554A (en) * | 1937-02-13 | 1939-03-21 | Helmer G Josephson | Armored shoe |
US2747303A (en) * | 1952-10-22 | 1956-05-29 | Lillian L Abrahams | Protector for shoes |
GB1220846A (en) * | 1968-05-31 | 1971-01-27 | Marcel Josef Elkins | Improvements in protective devices for footwear |
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1980
- 1980-05-27 EP EP19800301743 patent/EP0021612B1/fr not_active Expired
- 1980-05-27 DE DE8080301743T patent/DE3065511D1/de not_active Expired
- 1980-06-04 ES ES1980251224U patent/ES251224U/es active Pending
- 1980-06-06 CA CA353,639A patent/CA1131905A/fr not_active Expired
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ES251224U (es) | 1980-10-01 |
EP0021612A1 (fr) | 1981-01-07 |
CA1131905A (fr) | 1982-09-21 |
DE3065511D1 (en) | 1983-12-15 |
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