EP1621090A1 - Motorradstiefel mit verbessertem Befestigungsmittel - Google Patents

Motorradstiefel mit verbessertem Befestigungsmittel Download PDF

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EP1621090A1
EP1621090A1 EP05106882A EP05106882A EP1621090A1 EP 1621090 A1 EP1621090 A1 EP 1621090A1 EP 05106882 A EP05106882 A EP 05106882A EP 05106882 A EP05106882 A EP 05106882A EP 1621090 A1 EP1621090 A1 EP 1621090A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/14—Clamp fastenings, e.g. strap fastenings; Clamp-buckle fastenings; Fastenings with toggle levers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
    • A43B23/26—Tongues for shoes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/14—Shoes for cyclists
    • A43B5/145—Boots for motorcyclists
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C7/00—Holding-devices for laces

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  • the present invention relates to a motorcycling boot with improved fastening.
  • Boots are currently used, particularly for driving racing motorcycles, which have a rigid upper, generally made of plastics or, if soft, provided with reinforcements made of plastics or metal in order to ensure high protection of the foot and ankle of the user.
  • these known types of boot have, at the rear and laterally, an articulated structure made of plastics, which provides both protection and guidance in movement to the articulation of the ankle of the user.
  • the upper is partially open, typically at the front or laterally, so as to form two flaps that can be mutually separated.
  • the fastening system of said flaps generally is not constituted by a closure with laces, since the laces would form obstacles for the stream of air that strikes the surface of the boot during the motion of the motorcycle, thus increasing the action of the braking force of the air on the boot.
  • the flaps are instead closed typically by means of a tab rigidly coupled to one of the two flaps, which can be superimposed on the other flap and can be fixed with its free end to the upper, for example by means of a lever or a Velcro closure, thus preventing the foot of the user from escaping from the boot.
  • the external surface of the tab is generally smooth or sculpted so as to interfere only to a minimal extent with the stream of the air that strikes it during the motion of the motorcycle.
  • Motorcycling boots which comprise a sort of sock, typically made of an elasticized and sponge-like fabric and generally provided with reinforcements arranged at the ankle and at the sole of the foot, which is initially put on by the user and then introduced in the rigid upper of the boot.
  • the sock is generally provided with a rear fastening, which allows to adjust the degree of fastening thereof so as to adapt to the foot and ankle of the user before it is inserted in the rigid upper of the boot.
  • the aim of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, eliminating the drawbacks of the cited background art, by providing a motorcycling boot that allows to provide the foot and the ankle of the user with good support and high safety, at the same time adapting in an optimum manner to the foot and ankle in order to provide very comfortable wear.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a motorcycling boot that has good aerodynamic characteristics, in order to offer low resistance to the stream of air that strikes the boot during the motion of the motorcycle.
  • Another object is to provide a motorcycling boot that allows the user to wear it, adjust it and remove it very rapidly and easily.
  • Another object is to provide a motorcycling boot that is structurally simple and has low manufacturing costs.
  • a motorcycling boot with improved fastening characterized in that it comprises an upper provided with a first flap and a second flap, which can be fastened together selectively by means of a lace or cable, said upper comprising a tab, which is rigidly coupled with a first end at one of said first or second flaps, wraps around the tibia and has, proximate to a second end, a first element of a zip fastener that can be fastened with a second element of said zip fastener that is coupled laterally to the flap of said first or second flaps of said upper that is not rigidly coupled to said tab.
  • the reference numeral 1 designates a motorcycling boot.
  • the boot 1 comprises a sole 2, to which an upper 3 is fixed; such upper is advantageously soft or made of rigid plastics or provided with rigid inserts, and its height is such as to partially cover the tibia of the user.
  • the upper 3 has an articulated structure 4, made of rigid plastic material, which is suitable to protect the ankle joint of the user and allow its movement.
  • the upper 3 is open upward and at the front so as to form a first flap 5a and a second flap 5b, which face each other and protrude approximately from a first region 6 of the upper 3, which lies above the instep of the user's foot, up to a second region 7 of the upper 3, which is arranged above the ankle of the user.
  • First and second slots 8a and 8b are provided longitudinally respectively on the first flap 5a and on the second flap 5b and affect said first and second flaps approximately starting from the first region 6 up to the second region 7.
  • first and second flaps 5a and 5b there is an elongated flexible tongue 9, which is fixed to the upper 3 approximately at the first region 6 and affects approximately all of the length of the first and second flaps 5a and 5b; the tongue 9 is advantageously made of a sponge-like and breathable material.
  • a tape 11 is arranged longitudinally, approximately starting from the first region 6, on a first surface 10 of the tongue 9 that is directed toward the outside of the upper 3, and lies approximately at the longitudinal axis of the tongue 9 and is fixed to it at a series of portions 12 that are substantially perpendicular to its longitudinal axis and are approximately mutually equidistant so as to form loops 13 between the tape 11 and the first surface 10.
  • the free end of the tape 11 is folded and fixed to the tongue 9 so as to form a ring 14 that is suitable to facilitate the grip of the tongue 9 on the part of the user.
  • the first and second flaps 5a and 5b can be mutually fastened by means of a lace 15, which passes alternately from the first flap 5a to the second flap 5b and vice versa respectively through the first and second slots 8a and 8b, crossing a loop 13 of the tongue 9 at each passage.
  • first and second flaps 5a and 5b can be fastened together by means of an appropriately provided cable, not shown in the figures, which interacts with appropriately provided guiding elements, also not shown, which are provided on said first and second flap or on said upper.
  • a known type of blocking element 16 is advantageously associated with the ends of the lace 15 and can be fixed to the lace 15 in a chosen position in order to prevent it from sliding, beyond a chosen point, toward the lower ends of the first and second flaps 5a and 5b, loosening their mutual fastening.
  • the upper 3 comprises a tab 17, which is approximately triangular and is rigidly coupled with a first end 18 at one of the first or second flaps 5a or 5b.
  • the first end 18 of the upper 3 is rigidly coupled to the first flap 5a.
  • the tab 17 wraps around the front part of the tibia, covers the first and second flaps 5a and 5b and has, proximate to a second end 19, a first element 20, which is constituted by a ribbon with which the first teeth of a zip fastener 21 are associated; such ribbon runs approximately starting from the sole 2 of the boot 1 up to approximately the second region 7 of the upper 3.
  • the first teeth of the first element 20 can be fastened with second teeth of a second element 22, which is constituted by a ribbon that is fixed to the flap, of said first or second flaps 5a or 5b, of the upper 3 that is not rigidly coupled to the tab 17, laterally to the respective first or second slots 8a or 8b.
  • the second element 22 of the zip fastener 21 is rigidly coupled to the second flap 5b.
  • first element 20 Between the first element 20 and a first perimetric edge of the second end 19 of the tab 17 there are means for temporary connection to said upper, which are advantageously constituted by a first band 23 made of a material known by the trademark Velcro, which affects the second end 19 along approximately all of its length.
  • the first band 23 is matched by a second band 24, also made of a material known by the trademark Velcro, which is arranged on the upper 3 laterally to the second element 22; the second band 24 affects the first or second flaps 5a or 5b, to which the second element 22 is fixed, along approximately all of its length, partially covering the second element 22.
  • a second band 24 also made of a material known by the trademark Velcro, which is arranged on the upper 3 laterally to the second element 22; the second band 24 affects the first or second flaps 5a or 5b, to which the second element 22 is fixed, along approximately all of its length, partially covering the second element 22.
  • the tab 17 is advantageously made of semirigid plastics, in order to provide good support to the ankle of the user, and has a second external surface 25, which is substantially smooth or sculpted so that it provides low drag for the stream of air that strikes the boot during the motion of the motorcycle.
  • the lace 15 is free to slide, through the first and second slots 8a and 8b and the loops 13, toward the first region 6 of the upper 3, allowing the mutual spacing of the first and second flaps 5a and 5b.
  • the first and second flaps 5a and 5b are moved mutually closer, compressing the tongue 9 toward the foot and the ankle of the user and thus increasing the fastening action.
  • the element 16 for blocking the sliding of the lace 15, so as to prevent the lace from sliding toward the first region 6, and preventing the mutual spacing of the first and second flaps 5a and 5b.
  • the blocking element 16 is applied to the two tips of the lace 15 and therefore can be activated in order to prevent said tips from being drawn toward the first region 6 of the upper 3 and loosening the degree of fastening of the flaps.
  • the tab 17 can be arranged above the first and second flaps 5a and 5b, optionally covering the lace 15 and the blocking element 16, which are thus arranged inside the upper 3 and cannot be accessed from the outside.
  • the closure of the zip fastener 21 entails achieving a further fastening of the boot 1, so as to ensure optimum support of the foot and ankle of the user.
  • first band 23 is fixed to the corresponding second band 24 in order to make the tab 17 adhere rigidly to the upper 3 and thus strengthen the boot 1.
  • the blocking element 16 can be arranged outside the boot 1, making it protrude beyond the upper perimetric edge 27 of the boot 1.
  • the motorcyclist wishes to loosen the degree of fastening on the foot, it is sufficient to act on the blocking element 16 so as to loosen the lace 15 by the chosen extent.
  • the motorcycling boot according to the invention retains good aerodynamic characteristics, since the tab that covers the lace offers low drag with respect to the stream of air that strikes the boot during the motion of the motorcycle.

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IT000085A ITTV20040085A1 (it) 2004-07-26 2004-07-26 Stivale da motociclismo a serraggio migliorato.

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US4882858A (en) * 1988-02-29 1989-11-28 Sidi Sport S.A.S. Di Dino Signori & C. Boots for motorcycle cross-country racing
US5566474A (en) * 1993-06-21 1996-10-22 Salomon S.A. Sport boot having a fixed-lace closure system
EP1310182A1 (de) * 2001-11-13 2003-05-14 Salomon S.A. Sportschuh mit Umkehrvenähtem Schaft

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US4882858A (en) * 1988-02-29 1989-11-28 Sidi Sport S.A.S. Di Dino Signori & C. Boots for motorcycle cross-country racing
US5566474A (en) * 1993-06-21 1996-10-22 Salomon S.A. Sport boot having a fixed-lace closure system
EP1310182A1 (de) * 2001-11-13 2003-05-14 Salomon S.A. Sportschuh mit Umkehrvenähtem Schaft

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ITTV20090200A1 (it) * 2009-10-12 2011-04-13 Alpinestars Res Srl Stivale da motociclismo con comfort migliorato.
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