EP2807938A1 - Système de fermeture rapide pour une chaussure de sécurité - Google Patents

Système de fermeture rapide pour une chaussure de sécurité Download PDF

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EP2807938A1
EP2807938A1 EP13170178.1A EP13170178A EP2807938A1 EP 2807938 A1 EP2807938 A1 EP 2807938A1 EP 13170178 A EP13170178 A EP 13170178A EP 2807938 A1 EP2807938 A1 EP 2807938A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B11/00—Footwear with arrangements to facilitate putting-on or removing, e.g. with straps
    • 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

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  • Various embodiments relate generally to articles of footwear.
  • One such occupation requiring quick donning of apparel is that of a firefighter. When a fire alarm is sounded, the firefighters have little time to dress themselves in their fire protection outerwear. Shoes can be most difficult to put on as it requires a person to bend over or kneel on one knee. And the damage that is ultimately wreaked upon a burning structure is often a function of the time it takes for the fire department to respond. A slip-on boot could reduce the time required for donning, but the fit of such a boot may be so loose as to easily come off the foot. Good fit is required for firefighters to practice their craft with energy and mobility.
  • shoes which require lacing and tying can be not only time-consuming, but expensive to the employer in terms of salary and wages spent on the activity of putting them on.
  • Some industries require different apparel when going to and from clean and dirty environments or rooms.
  • Still other employers require safety boots when working in dangerous environments but not in offices.
  • Apparatus and associated methods may relate to a boot having independently adjustable first and second straps with the first strap located at an ankle portion of the boot and the second strap located at an instep portion of the boot, wherein each of the straps may be routed through eyelets in a zig-zag configuration.
  • each strap may be routed through an adjustment buckle permitting a wearer to secure the boot by simply tugging each strap's free end.
  • the dual strap-fasteners may be removably installed to a boot.
  • the removable fastener may have both an ankle strap circumscribing the boot near a wearer's lower ankle and a stirrup strap looping under the outsole.
  • the boot may be comfortably secured to a wearer's foot in an easy and quick manner.
  • some embodiments may provide for great comfort due to the use of wide straps instead of laces, as the straps present an greater surface area than that presented by laces thereby increasing the pressure distribution one the ankle or foot.
  • the greater surface area of straps permits the use of fewer eyelets to be used. Because the straps permit the use of fewer eyelets combined with lower strap eyelet friction, some exemplary embodiments permit easy tightening and loosening.
  • the dual adjustments may permit the boots to be secured to a wearer's foot quickly. In some examples, the straps may slide through the eyelets more freely than do laces, permitting a wearer to easily secure the boot.
  • the dual adjustment mechanisms may permit a wearer to tighten his/her ankle independently of the tightness of the foot.
  • the location of the lower buckle below and to the rear of the malleolus of the wearer's foot provides optimum fit and comfort.
  • the lower strap is approximately equal distance both below and behind the malleolus of the foot.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a sketch of a field implementation of an exemplary Quick Closing System for a Safety Boot (QCSSB) used in an emergency situation.
  • QCSSB Quick Closing System for a Safety Boot
  • a firefighter 100 who is responding to an alarm, is depicted as he is urgently putting on his boots 105.
  • the firefighter 100 is wearing an exemplary Quick Closing System for a Safety Boot (QCSSB) 110.
  • QCSSB Quick Closing System for a Safety Boot
  • a lower strap 115 has already been tightened, securing the firefighter's foot. The tightening of the lower-strap was accomplished by pulling the strap through a lower strap adjustment buckle 120.
  • the lower strap 115 has been routed through lower-strap eyelets 125, 127 in a zig-zag configuration, permitting the foot to be secured along a significant portion of the lower boot.
  • the firefighter is depicted as he is tightening an upper strap 130 which may secure the firefighter's ankle.
  • the tightening of the upper strap 130 is performed by pulling the upper strap 130 through an upper strap adjustment buckle 135.
  • the upper strap of this exemplary QCSSB has been routed through upper strap eyelets 140, 142 in a zig-zag configuration, which permits the ankle to be secured along a significant portion of the upper boot. In such an exemplary fashion, the firefighter 100 has secured his boots 105 with a quick tug of each strap 115, 130.
  • FIG. 2 depicts a perspective view of an exemplary QCSSB.
  • the exemplary QCSSB 200 is shown depicted with two straps, an upper strap 205 and a lower strap 210.
  • the upper strap 205 is affixed to an upper region 215 of the QCSSB 200.
  • the upper strap 205 is threaded through two eyelets 220, 225, which are attached to the upper region 215 of the boot.
  • the upper strap 205 is shown threaded through the eyelets 220, 225 in a zig-zag fashion.
  • the upper strap 205 is threaded through an upper-strap adjustment buckle 230, which facilitates the tightening and loosening of the upper strap 205.
  • the lower strap 210 of this exemplary QCSSB 200 is threaded through two eyelets 235, 240, which are attached to a lower region 245 of the boot.
  • the lower strap 210 is shown threaded through the eyelets 235, 240 in a zig-zag fashion.
  • the lower strap 210 is threaded through a lower-strap adjustment buckle 250, which facilitates the tightening and loosening of the lower strap 210.
  • the lower strap 210 is tightened, the lower region 245 of the boot is secured to the foot of the wearer.
  • FIG. 3 depicts a close-up view of the ankle region of an exemplary QCSSB.
  • the ankle-strap adjustment buckle 300 is depicted.
  • An upper strap 305 in this example, is looped through an aperture 310 in the buckle 300, around a sliding bar 315, and then back through the buckle aperture 310 leaving a free end 320 of the upper strap 305.
  • the tension of the upper strap 305 pulls the sliding bar 315 in the direction of the tension, causing the sliding bar 315 to pinch the upper strap 305 between the sliding bar 315 and the buckle 300.
  • This pinch of the upper strap 305 secures the boot to a wearer's ankle and/or lower leg.
  • a tab 325 of the buckle 300 may be pulled against the direction of the tension so as to permit the sliding bar 315 to move away from the pinched portion of the upper strap 305.
  • FIG. 4 depicts a side perspective view of an exemplary aftermarket QCSSB which has been affixed to a boot.
  • a boot 400 having a top-foot region 405, an outsole 410 and a heel 415, is shown with an exemplary aftermarket QCSSB device 420 attached to it.
  • the aftermarket QCSSB 420 has an ankle strap 425 and a stirrup strap 430.
  • the ankle strap 425 goes around the entire boot at approximately about the lower ankle region of a wearer's foot.
  • the ankle strap 425 and the stirrup strap 430 are connected at the connection point 435.
  • Another connection point 440 connects the stirrup strap to the ankle strap on the opposite side of the boot 400.
  • stirrup strap 430 which is connected to the ankle strap 425 on both sides of the boot, loops underneath the outsole 410 of the boot.
  • a stirrup-strap adjustment buckle 445 permits the tightening of the stirrup strap
  • an ankle-strap adjustment buckle 450 permits the tightening of the ankle strap.
  • the stirrup-strap adjustment buckle 445 has a tightening mechanism which may or may not be similar to the buckle mechanism described in figure 3 .
  • the ankle strap has a top-foot portion 455, which is that portion of the strap that goes from the two connection points 435, 440 over the top-foot region 405 of the boot.
  • the ankle strap has a heel portion 460, which is that portion of the strap that goes from the two connection points 435, 440 around the heel 415 of the boot 400.
  • heel portion 460 is that portion of the strap that goes from the two connection points 435, 440 around the heel 415 of the boot 400.
  • an aftermarket QCSSB may have an anti-slip material or coating on the heel portion 460 of the ankle strap 425.
  • This anti-slip coating or material may provide a large coefficient of static friction between the heel portion 460 of the ankle strap 425 and the heel 415 of the boot 400.
  • the location of the connection points 435 440 relative to the wearer's foot in some exemplary embodiments may be below and behind the malleolus of the foot.
  • the strap width may be made large to present itself over a large surface area of the boot which may then provide a tight and secure fit to the wearer's foot.
  • the top-foot region 405 of the ankle strap 425 may widen over the top-foot portion of the boot. In some embodiments, for example, the top-foot portion of the strap may split into two or more separate straps to provide increased surface area for tensioning.
  • FIG. 5 depicts a close-up perspective view of an exemplary aftermarket QCSSB.
  • an exemplary aftermarket QCSSB 500 is shown unattached from a boot.
  • a connection location 505 is depicted in this example as being manufactured in the shape of the letter 'T' with three limbs 510, 515, 520.
  • This exemplary connection 505 has an ankle-strap adjustment buckle 525, an ankle clasp 530, and a stirrup-strap adjustment buckle 535 attached to each of its three limbs 510, 515, 520, respectively.
  • a stirrup strap 540 has a free end 545 which passes through the stirrup-strap adjustment buckle 535.
  • the stirrup strap 540 has an outsole region 550 that loops underneath the outsole of a boot.
  • this outsole region 550 may be composed of rubber.
  • the outsole region 550 may be made from plastic.
  • An ankle strap 555 is shown with a free end 560 which passes through the ankle-strap adjustment buckle 525.
  • FIGs 6a-6c depict various exemplary buckles for adjusting the tension of the straps used in QCSSBs.
  • an exemplary strap buckle 600 is shown.
  • a strap threading arrow 605 shows the path of the strap through this exemplary strap buckle 600.
  • An attachment aperture 610 may used to affix the buckle 600 to a QCSSB. After a strap is threaded through the buckle 600, the free end may be tugged or pulled for adjusting the tension of the strap.
  • an exemplary sliding bar buckle 615 is shown.
  • a strap threading arrow 620 shows the path of a strap through this exemplary sliding bar buckle 620.
  • An attachment aperture 625 may be used to affix the buckle 615 to a QCSSB.
  • FIG. 6c an exemplary double ring buckle 630 is shown.
  • a strap threading arrow 635 shows the path of a strap through this exemplary sliding bar buckle 630.
  • An attachment strap 640 may be used to affix the buckle 630 to a QCSSB. After a strap is threaded through the buckle 630, the free end may be tugged or pulled for adjusting the tension of the strap
  • the adjustment buckles may also provide the functionality of a clasp, which permits the strap to be opened and closed. In such embodiments, a separate clasp may not be used.
  • apparatus and methods may involve different types of clasps or buckles, which are well known to those skilled in these arts.
  • the two adjustment buckles may be located on the lateral side of the wearer's boot. In other exemplary embodiments, the two adjustment buckles may be located on opposite sides of the boot. In this way, a wearer may tighten the boot very quickly by simultaneously pulling both straps.
  • the zig-zag pattern of an exemplary QSCCB may consist of a single zig or a single directional turn of the strap.
  • the zig-zag pattern of an exemplary QCSSB may consist of two or more strap directional turns.

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DE10016C (de) * H. RINGLEB in Rixdorf Ui.verlierbarer Infanterie-Marsch- und Jagdstiefel
US1362970A (en) * 1920-01-13 1920-12-21 Tanguay Joseph Shoe
US5640744A (en) * 1990-07-16 1997-06-24 Allan; Robert M. Nested ridge strap connector apparatus
US5791021A (en) * 1995-12-01 1998-08-11 James; Laurence H. Cable fastener
WO2006006018A1 (fr) * 2004-06-29 2006-01-19 Rodney Stephen Taylor Dispositif de courroies de fixation
EP2258230A1 (fr) * 2003-12-10 2010-12-08 The Burton Corporation Système de laçage pour articles chaussants

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DE10016C (de) * H. RINGLEB in Rixdorf Ui.verlierbarer Infanterie-Marsch- und Jagdstiefel
US1362970A (en) * 1920-01-13 1920-12-21 Tanguay Joseph Shoe
US5640744A (en) * 1990-07-16 1997-06-24 Allan; Robert M. Nested ridge strap connector apparatus
US5791021A (en) * 1995-12-01 1998-08-11 James; Laurence H. Cable fastener
EP2258230A1 (fr) * 2003-12-10 2010-12-08 The Burton Corporation Système de laçage pour articles chaussants
WO2006006018A1 (fr) * 2004-06-29 2006-01-19 Rodney Stephen Taylor Dispositif de courroies de fixation

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