EP2020186B1 - Fastening device for sports footwear - Google Patents

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EP2020186B1
EP2020186B1 EP08157346A EP08157346A EP2020186B1 EP 2020186 B1 EP2020186 B1 EP 2020186B1 EP 08157346 A EP08157346 A EP 08157346A EP 08157346 A EP08157346 A EP 08157346A EP 2020186 B1 EP2020186 B1 EP 2020186B1
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Onorio Miotto
Nicola Salatin
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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
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/142—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the shoe, e.g. rack
    • 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
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/142—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the shoe, e.g. rack
    • A43C11/1446—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the shoe, e.g. rack characterised by special protection means to prevent damage or accidental loosening of the fastening means
    • 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
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/142—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the shoe, e.g. rack
    • A43C11/1453—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the shoe, e.g. rack characterised by the shape of the teeth on the rack
    • 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
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/146—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap
    • 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
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/146—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap
    • A43C11/148—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap characterised by special protection means to prevent damage or accidental loosening of the fastening means
    • 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
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/146—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap
    • A43C11/1486—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap characterised by the shape of the teeth on the ratchet strap
    • 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
    • A43C11/1493—Strap fastenings having hook and loop-type fastening elements

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  • the present invention relates to a fastening device for sports footwear.
  • Lever fastening devices for sports footwear are known: they generally comprise, rigid with a side of the vamp, a lever arm to which a puller is hinged for selective engagement with one of the teeth of a rack secured to the other side of the vamp.
  • DE 3920151 A discloses a tensioning closure for ski boots with a pull rod with a number of notches which can be brought releasably into engagement with a fastening part. Use is made of a slide which can be displaced in the fastening part against the action of resilient means transversely to the pull rod in such a manner that it engages in one of said notches.
  • a fastening device for sports footwear is provided as claimed in claim 1.
  • the lever fastening device of the invention comprises substantially a fork-shaped base 2 fixable to a side of the footwear vamp, between the flanges 4 of which there engages a hinge pin 6 for a lever arm 8.
  • the lever arm is U-shaped, with an internally threaded bush 12 being pivoted between its sides, about a rivet 10.
  • a puller consisting of a threaded cable terminal 14 engages the bush to retain a flexible cable 16 which engages a spring 18 and a plurality of frusto-conical blocks 20, freely slidable, retained by a knob 22.
  • the invention also comprises a fork element 24 secured to the other side of the vamp and having its prongs 26 defining an aperture of width slightly greater than the diameter of the flexible cable 16.
  • the use of the fastening device is traditional in that, when the lever arm has been rotated anticlockwise (with reference to Figure 2 ), the puller is engaged between the prongs 26 of the fork 24, after which the lever arm 8 is rotated clockwise to cause the sides of the footwear vamp to approach each other by virtue of the counteraction of the block 20 in contact with the fork 24.
  • the cable can be engaged in a position between two different blocks and the operation repeated.
  • micro-adjustment is possible by rotating the cable terminal 14 about the threaded bush 12.
  • each block 30 presents an appendix 32 which is inserted into a corresponding seat 34 of the adjacent block.
  • This solution has the advantage of causing the blocks to assume a curved configuration to adapt to the boot curvature.
  • a curved rigid element 36 is also pivoted on the same pivoting rivet 10 for the lever puller 16, to retain the knob 22 and maintain it curved in accordance with the curvature of the boot.
  • This solution has the advantage of being able to engage the blocks in the fork with a single hand.
  • the bush 12 is engaged by a flexible cable 38, to the end of which an element 40 is secured from which two parallel pullers 16 with springs 18 extend to engage the blocks 42.
  • This embodiment has the advantage of improved puller support on the vamp.
  • the flexible cable 38 is secured to a side of the vamp (not shown in the drawings), while the blocks 42 engage in a traditional coupling pawl assembly 44 fixed to the other side of the vamp.
  • lever arm is replaced by a Velcro strip 46 retaining a U-shaped element 48 to which the pullers 16 are secured.
  • This embodiment allows a virtually millimetric degree of tensioning by virtue of the facility offered by the constraint of the Velcro strip.
  • flexible cable 16 and the blocks 20 are secured to one side of the vamp, to the other side of the vamp there being secured a lever 50, the arm 52 of which operates a fork 54 selectively engagable between the blocks 20.

Abstract

A fastening device for sports footwear, to be applied to the sides of footwear to cause these sides to approach each other, characterised by comprising: - at least a puller (16) fixed at one end to a side of the vamp and consisting of at least one flexible, inextensible cable along which there freely slide a plurality of blocks (20,30,42) through which said puller freely passes, - a coupling element (24,50,44) fixable to the other side of the footwear and selectively interposable between two adjacent blocks, - traction (8,46) means for the puller.

Description

  • The present invention relates to a fastening device for sports footwear.
  • Lever fastening devices for sports footwear are known: they generally comprise, rigid with a side of the vamp, a lever arm to which a puller is hinged for selective engagement with one of the teeth of a rack secured to the other side of the vamp.
  • These known devices present however certain drawbacks, and in particular:
    • possible ice formation between the rack teeth,
    • considerable rack length to achieve a wide adjustment range,
    • the need to use different racks depending on the shape of the footwear vamp.
  • DE 3920151 A discloses a tensioning closure for ski boots with a pull rod with a number of notches which can be brought releasably into engagement with a fastening part. Use is made of a slide which can be displaced in the fastening part against the action of resilient means transversely to the pull rod in such a manner that it engages in one of said notches.
  • According to the invention a fastening device for sports footwear is provided as claimed in claim 1.
  • The present invention is further clarified hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
    • Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of the fastening device of the invention,
    • Figure 2 is a side view thereof,
    • Figure 3 is a plan view thereof,
    • Figures 4 and 5 are plan views of two variants,
    • Figures 6 to 17 are side and plan views of a further six embodiments.
  • As can be seen from the figures, the lever fastening device of the invention comprises substantially a fork-shaped base 2 fixable to a side of the footwear vamp, between the flanges 4 of which there engages a hinge pin 6 for a lever arm 8.
  • The lever arm is U-shaped, with an internally threaded bush 12 being pivoted between its sides, about a rivet 10.
  • A puller consisting of a threaded cable terminal 14 engages the bush to retain a flexible cable 16 which engages a spring 18 and a plurality of frusto-conical blocks 20, freely slidable, retained by a knob 22.
  • The invention also comprises a fork element 24 secured to the other side of the vamp and having its prongs 26 defining an aperture of width slightly greater than the diameter of the flexible cable 16.
  • The use of the fastening device is traditional in that, when the lever arm has been rotated anticlockwise (with reference to Figure 2), the puller is engaged between the prongs 26 of the fork 24, after which the lever arm 8 is rotated clockwise to cause the sides of the footwear vamp to approach each other by virtue of the counteraction of the block 20 in contact with the fork 24.
  • If the clamping effect is not as required, the cable can be engaged in a position between two different blocks and the operation repeated.
  • When the desired configuration has been achieved, micro-adjustment is possible by rotating the cable terminal 14 about the threaded bush 12.
  • From the aforegoing it is apparent that the device is particularly advantageous compared with known devices, and in particular:
    • it is easier to secure the puller as any ice formation, which can occur in the case of traditional racks, is no longer possible,
    • the fork is of reduced length as the adjustment range is given by the length of the flexible cable and the number of blocks,
    • it adapts to any curvature of the footwear vamp because of the cable flexibility,
    • micrometric adjustment is possible, with the lever slackened, without disengaging the puller from the fork,
    • if blocks of different colour are used, it enables the cable engagement position between the two blocks to be visually memorized, to hence allow immediate repositioning in the same configuration.
  • In the embodiment shown in Figures 4 and 5, two fastening devices are shown using the same inventive principle, but differing only in the shape of the blocks, which are respectively spherical (Figure 4) and cylindrical (Figure 5).
  • In the embodiment shown in Figures 6 and 7, each block 30 presents an appendix 32 which is inserted into a corresponding seat 34 of the adjacent block. This solution has the advantage of causing the blocks to assume a curved configuration to adapt to the boot curvature.
  • Undesired torsion effects are also eliminated.
  • In the embodiment shown in Figures 8 and 9, a curved rigid element 36 is also pivoted on the same pivoting rivet 10 for the lever puller 16, to retain the knob 22 and maintain it curved in accordance with the curvature of the boot.
  • This solution has the advantage of being able to engage the blocks in the fork with a single hand.
  • In the embodiment shown in Figures 10 and 11, the bush 12 is engaged by a flexible cable 38, to the end of which an element 40 is secured from which two parallel pullers 16 with springs 18 extend to engage the blocks 42.
  • This embodiment has the advantage of improved puller support on the vamp.
  • In the embodiment shown in Figures 12 and 13, the flexible cable 38 is secured to a side of the vamp (not shown in the drawings), while the blocks 42 engage in a traditional coupling pawl assembly 44 fixed to the other side of the vamp.
  • In the embodiment shown in Figures 14 and 15, the lever arm is replaced by a Velcro strip 46 retaining a U-shaped element 48 to which the pullers 16 are secured.
  • This embodiment allows a virtually millimetric degree of tensioning by virtue of the facility offered by the constraint of the Velcro strip.
  • In the embodiment shown in Figures 16 and 17, flexible cable 16 and the blocks 20 are secured to one side of the vamp, to the other side of the vamp there being secured a lever 50, the arm 52 of which operates a fork 54 selectively engagable between the blocks 20.

Claims (12)

  1. A fastening device for sports footwear, to be applied to the sides of the vamp of the footwear to cause these sides to approach each other, comprising at least a puller (16) fixed at one end to a side of the vamp, a coupling element (24,50,44) fixable to the other side of the vamp of the footwear and traction (8,46) means for the puller characterized in that the puller (16) consists of at least one flexible, inextensible cable along which there freely slide a plurality of blocks (20,30,42) through which said puller (16) freely passes and in that the coupling element is selectively interposable between two of said adjacent blocks.
  2. A fastening device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that a solenoid spring (18) is also applied to the puller (16) to act elastically on the blocks.
  3. A fastening device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the blocks are of frusto-conical shape.
  4. A fastening device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the blocks are of cylindrical shape.
  5. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the blocks are of spherical shape.
  6. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that each block (30) presents an appendix (32) insertable into a corresponding seat (34) provided in the adjacent block.
  7. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that traction means consist of a lever (8) hinged to a base fixed to a side of the footwear, the puller (16) being articulatedly connected to the lever.
  8. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the traction means consist of a lever (50) hinged to a base fixed to one side of the footwear and are provided with coupling elements (54), the puller (16) being secured to the other side of the footwear.
  9. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the traction means consist of a velcro strip (46) secured to one side of the footwear.
  10. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the puller is provided with a threaded cable terminal (14) engaging in a corresponding seat provided in a bush (12) articulatedly connected to the lever (8).
  11. A device as claimed in claim 10, characterised in that a curved rigid (36) element retaining the puller end is also articulatedly connected to the lever.
  12. A device as claimed in claim 8 characterised in that the blocks (42) engage a.coupling pawl assembly (44).
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