EP0925733B1 - Hook for footwear - Google Patents

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EP0925733B1
EP0925733B1 EP98830747A EP98830747A EP0925733B1 EP 0925733 B1 EP0925733 B1 EP 0925733B1 EP 98830747 A EP98830747 A EP 98830747A EP 98830747 A EP98830747 A EP 98830747A EP 0925733 B1 EP0925733 B1 EP 0925733B1
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hook
channel
flanges
connecting portion
hook according
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Andrea Spinelli
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Sammi Export SRL
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C3/00—Hooks for laces; Guards for hooks

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  • the present invention refers to a hook for footwear and the like.
  • the vamp's flaps are joined by laces which cross a plurality of hooks or loops shaped as an open or closed ring and disposed in pairs on the two flaps.
  • the laces must go through the hooks without encountering too high a friction therein; in other words, no obstacle causing a non uniform tightening between the different portions of the loops and contributing to a non uniform wear of the lace should be present.
  • the patent application IT-TV94U0008 discloses a loop-shaped tightening apparatus comprising a plurality of driving sheave elements for the footwear's laces, which elements are allowed to rotate about two axes orthogonal to each other; each of the sheaves is borne by a C-shaped plate fastened to the vamp by hinge means.
  • a further embodiment provides for the use of a folded plate perforated on two opposite portions in order to receive a non-removable but free-to-rotate ball allowing the laces of the footwear article to slide therein.
  • a further drawback of the above solutions lies in the fact that within said hooks, the elements used for the sliding of the lace are disposed some distance away form the corresponding end of the hook; in other words, an opening is provided between the slide element (sheave or ball in the described examples) and the portion delimiting the hook on the corresponding side.
  • This opening makes the thus formed hook disagreeable from the aesthetical point of view, especially for use on valuable footwear and/or characterized by an aestethically refined line.
  • the presence of this opening is likely to cause dust or, more generally, dirt to pile up upon wearing the shoes.
  • the main object of the present invention is to overcome the said drawbacks.
  • the advantages deriving from the present invention lie essentially in that it is possible to provide a hook for footwear and the like easy to make, effective and characterized by an extremely low cost. Besides, the thus obtained hook results aesthetically appreciable and offers the advantage - as far as dirt-collection is concerned - of having no gap between the lace-guiding element and the corresponding hook's end.
  • a hook (1) is of a type consisting of a body (1) having a substantially laminar structure and so shaped as to define a channel (7) closed on four sides (2, 3, 8).
  • the hook (1) is of closed ring type, as in the examples of Figs. 1 to 5 and 11 to 15.
  • the present invention exhibits a slide portion made up of one or more flanges (9) of the laminar structure (1) which are folded up and/or joined to each other and/or to other parts of the same structure.
  • two flanges (9) may be provided which are joined with each other; alternatively, provision may be made for only one flange which unites with another portion of the laminar structure (1), or for only one flange folded up, or for more flanges joined to the laminar structure (1), etc.
  • the channel (7) exhibits a top portion (2), a bottom portion (3) and a connecting portion interposed therebetween.
  • the flanges (9) are made up of the same connecting portion (8) which, in correspondence of one step for the formation of the intermediate product (1'), has an initial development of an extent larger than the width taken up by the same portion (8) over the finished product (1). In this way, there is obtained a connecting portion (8) of substantially cylindrical shape.
  • the flanges (9) extend directly from the end (6) of body (1), in correspondence of said connecting portion (8), so as to provide an assembly without solution of continuity between the connecting portion (8) and said slide portion (9).
  • the hook (1) is provided with means (4) for attachment to the vamp, said means being made up of a substantially cylindrical element (4) (in one piece with the body (1) of the hook in the examples) hanging downwards from a base portion (3) and having a free end apt to be fixedly riveted over the vamp. It is understood that the positioning of such cylindrical element (4) may be different from the one indicated in the drawings for exemplification purpose.
  • the body (1) of the hook may be provided with one or more fins or edges (5; 20) on the base portion (3) or on the top portion (2), and folded over the other portion to keep the latter in place.
  • provision is made for one fin (5) in the example of Figs. 11 to 15 provision is made for a rivetable edge (20) and for two fins as well, as shown only in Fig. 13.
  • the flanges (9) may extend sideway from the top portion (2) or from the base portion (3) and be folded up and/or united inside the channel (7) to define the slide portion.

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  • Footwear And Its Accessory, Manufacturing Method And Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Holders For Apparel And Elements Relating To Apparel (AREA)
  • Hooks, Suction Cups, And Attachment By Adhesive Means (AREA)
  • Medicines Containing Material From Animals Or Micro-Organisms (AREA)
EP98830747A 1997-12-19 1998-12-11 Hook for footwear Expired - Lifetime EP0925733B1 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IT1997FI000164U IT242803Y1 (it) 1997-12-19 1997-12-19 Gancio per calzature e simili
ITFI970164U 1997-12-19

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EP0925733A1 EP0925733A1 (en) 1999-06-30
EP0925733B1 true EP0925733B1 (en) 2003-03-19

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EP (1) EP0925733B1 (es)
AT (1) ATE234575T1 (es)
BR (1) BR9805258A (es)
DE (1) DE69812299T2 (es)
ES (1) ES2195304T3 (es)
IT (1) IT242803Y1 (es)
PT (1) PT925733E (es)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2809290B1 (fr) * 2000-05-24 2002-08-09 Eider Passant double pour le lacage d'une chaussure
KR101663043B1 (ko) * 2015-10-06 2016-10-11 김성태 신발끈용 후크, 이를 포함하는 신발 및 신발끈 결속방법

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DE35546C (de) * G. KLOTZ in Mühlau bei Innsbruck Schnürhaken
US1368971A (en) * 1919-11-15 1921-02-15 Arthur Bobbe Fastening for laced shoes, boots, or other articles
GB194884A (en) * 1922-02-06 1923-03-22 James Percy Page Improvements in and relating to the hook and eyelet, lacefastenments, of boots and the like
FR1019189A (fr) * 1949-02-17 1953-01-19 Comptoir De Nouveautes Mondial Crochet pour chaussure à lacet, spécialement pour chaussure sportive ou de travail, et son procédé de fabrication
FR2414307A1 (fr) * 1978-01-11 1979-08-10 Meliard Georges Procede de fabrication de crochets pour chaussures

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DE69812299T2 (de) 2003-12-18
ES2195304T3 (es) 2003-12-01
DE69812299D1 (de) 2003-04-24
EP0925733A1 (en) 1999-06-30
BR9805258A (pt) 1999-11-16
PT925733E (pt) 2003-08-29
ITFI970164U1 (it) 1999-06-19
IT242803Y1 (it) 2002-01-30
ATE234575T1 (de) 2003-04-15

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