EP3354148B1 - Verschlussvorrichtung für einen sportschuh mit einem verbesserten betätigungshebel - Google Patents

Verschlussvorrichtung für einen sportschuh mit einem verbesserten betätigungshebel Download PDF

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EP3354148B1
EP3354148B1 EP18153548.5A EP18153548A EP3354148B1 EP 3354148 B1 EP3354148 B1 EP 3354148B1 EP 18153548 A EP18153548 A EP 18153548A EP 3354148 B1 EP3354148 B1 EP 3354148B1
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Dino MACCARI
Giorgio Grandin
Davide Soligo
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/0036—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design
    • A43B3/0073—Y-shaped
    • 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
    • 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
    • A43C11/1433—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the shoe, e.g. rack characterised by means to decrease required force for the closure movement of the toggle lever
    • 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
    • A43C11/1466—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap characterised by means to decrease required force for the closure movement of the toggle lever

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  • the present invention relates to a closure device for a sports footwear provided with an actuating lever having a particularly advantageous structure.
  • the present invention relates to a closure device for sports footwear comprising a substantially rigid outer shell, such as ski boots and the like.
  • the present invention further relates to a sports footwear equipped with one or more of the aforementioned closure devices.
  • ski boots and other sports footwear provided with a substantially rigid outer shell have a longitudinal opening allowing to widen said outer shell in order to allow the user to insert his/her foot into the footwear and extract it therefrom and are equipped with a series of closure devices which are arranged transversely to said longitudinal opening and by means of which the footwear can be closed so as to immobilize the user's foot within the footwear during sports practice.
  • closure devices comprising a supporting plate adapted to be rigidly attached to a first side of the longitudinal opening of the shell, an actuating lever connected to said supporting plate by means of one or more connecting pins, and a tensioning member which, at a first one of its ends, is connected to a central portion of the actuating lever by means of a connecting pin and, at a second one of its ends, is provided with hooking means for engaging with an anchoring plate (for instance a toothed rack) rigidly attached to a second, opposite side of said opening of the shell.
  • an anchoring plate for instance a toothed rack
  • Such closure device can be moved from an open position, in which the hooking means of the tensioning member are disengaged from the anchoring plate and the distance between the two sides of the longitudinal opening of the shell can be varied, to a second position, in which the hooking means of the tensioning member are firmly connected to the anchoring plate and the distance between the supporting plate and the anchoring plate - hence the distance between the two sides of the longitudinal opening of the shell - is fixed, and vice versa.
  • the user grabs the actuating lever and rotates it relative to the supporting plate in a direction away from the anchoring plate: the actuating lever, upon its rotation, drags with it the tensioning member and the hooking means, which in turn drag with them the anchoring plate, thus allowing the two sides of the longitudinal opening of the shell to get closer to each other.
  • the user grabs the actuating lever and rotates it in the opposite direction: the actuating lever, upon its rotation, pushes the tensioning member in a direction towards the anchoring plate, thus creating clearance enough to disengage the hooking means of said tensioning member from said anchoring plate.
  • Closure devices of the aforementioned kind are described, for example, in documents EP 659 360 , US 5 586 367 , EP 1 958 539 and EP 1 985 196 .
  • continuous attempts have been made in order to make such closure devices as light and easy to handle as possible, especially with respect to their actuating levers.
  • the actuating levers are made of plastic material.
  • the actuating lever is made as a solid body made of plastic material; namely, the gripping portion of the actuating lever is made as a solid body of plastic material.
  • actuating levers In order to make said actuating levers lighter, actuating levers have been made the arm of which is provided with openings: the provision of such openings allows to reduce the weight of the actuating lever as well as to save material.
  • said openings usually have such a small width that they have no influence on improving handling of the actuating lever.
  • Document EP 1 922 945 discloses a closure device comprising an actuating lever which is made of metal wire; namely, the gripping portion of the actuating lever is made of metal wire.
  • the actuating lever of the closure device shown in EP 1 922 945 has a complex structure with a high number of components. Moreover, as and it shows a poor stiffness and strength.
  • the main object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of prior art by providing a closure device that is light and easy to handle as well as robust and resistant at the same time.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a closure device having a limited number of components and low manufacturing costs. This and other objects are achieved with the closure device for sports footwear as claimed in the appended claims.
  • the closure device of the present invention comprises a supporting plate, an actuating lever connected to said supporting plate by means of one or more first connecting pins, a tensioning member which, at a first one of its ends, is connected to the actuating lever by means of one or more second connecting pins and, at a second one of its ends, is provided with hooking means, and an anchoring member which is provided with retaining means (for example made as an anchoring plate having a toothed rack) and in which said hooking means can engage.
  • Said closure device finds application as closure device for sports footwear of the kind comprising a substantially rigid outer shell (for example made of a rigid plastic material) such as ski boots and the like.
  • At least one of said one or more second connecting pins comprises and extension forming at least a portion of said gripping portion of the actuating lever of the closure device.
  • the actuating lever is light and resistant at the same time.
  • the remaining portion of the gripping portion of the actuating lever is made of plastic material.
  • an actuating lever having an opening wide enough to positively affect the ease of handling of the lever itself, even under challenging conditions (for example, in case of application to ski boots, when the user is hindered by the thick or padded gloves he/she is wearing).
  • the number of components of the closure device is kept advantageously limited compared to the hypothesis of using separate components intended for this purpose.
  • the extension of said at least one of said one or more second connecting pins can be shaped at will, which will allow wide margins of freedom in obtaining closure devices with a desired outer appearance.
  • a ski boot 101 is schematically illustrated therein.
  • Said ski boot 101 essentially comprises an inner liner 103 made of a substantially soft material and an outer shell 105 made of a substantially rigid material. Both said inner liner and said outer shell comprise a lower portion for receiving the user's foot and a cuff for receiving the ankle and the lower part of the user's calf (only the lower part of which 105a and the cuff 105b of the shell are visible in Figure 1 ).
  • the outer shell 105 comprises a longitudinal opening 107 extending along said lower part 105a and said cuff 105b. Thanks to the presence of said longitudinal opening, the inner volume defined within the outer shell 105 can be changed.
  • the boot 101 further comprises a plurality of closure devices 1 according to the invention, arranged along said longitudinal opening 107 and transversely thereto.
  • Figure 2 shows in greater detail a closure device 1 according to the invention.
  • Said closure device 1 comprises a supporting plate 5 intended to be fixed to the shell 105 of the boot 101, on a first side of the longitudinal opening 107.
  • said supporting plate 5 shall be equipped with through-holes for the passage of corresponding attaching means for attachment to said shell.
  • Said closure device 1 further comprises an actuating lever 3 including a connecting portion 3a for connection to the other structural elements of the closure device, and a gripping portion 3b intended to be grabbed and handled by the user.
  • the connecting portion 3a of the actuating lever 3 comprises a body 4 made of plastic material (preferably by moulding) and is oriented towards the supporting plate 5 and pivotally connected to the supporting plate 5 by means of one or more first connecting pins, whereas the gripping portion 3b of the actuating lever 3 is oriented opposite to said supporting plate 5.
  • the connecting portion 3a of the actuating lever 3 comprises a body 4 made of plastic material and having a pair of arms 4a, 4b parallel to and distanced from each other, and each of said arms is pivotally connected to the supporting plate 5 by means of a corresponding first connecting pin 7a, 7b.
  • the first connecting pins 7a, 7b are elements made of metal wire.
  • a single first connecting pin can be provided, extending between the actuating lever 3 and the supporting plate 5.
  • the closure device 1 further comprises a tensioning member 9 which, at a first one of its ends, has a connecting portion 9a, which is connected to the connecting portion 3a of the actuating lever 3 by means of a second connecting through-pin 11 with the interposition of an elastic opposing means 13 (for example, a spring), and at its second, opposite end is provided with a hooking portion 9b.
  • Said connecting portion 9a and said hooking portion 9b of the tensioning member 9 are preferably connected to each other in an articulated manned by means of a joint 9c.
  • the connecting portion 9a of the tensioning member 9 is arranged in the opening defined between the parallel arms 4a, 4b distanced from the body 4 of the connecting portion 3a of the actuating lever 3, and is connected to said arms 4a, 4b by means of the second connecting through-pin 11.
  • the second connecting through-pin 11 is an element made of metal wire.
  • the connecting portion 9a of the tensioning member 9 is connected to the connecting portion 3a of the actuating lever 3 by means of two second connecting pins, one for each arm 4a, 4b of the body 4 made of plastic material.
  • the hooking portion 9b of the tensioning member 9, at its end opposite to the connecting portion 9a, is provided with hooking means 15 that are adapted to engage with retaining means 17a of an anchoring member - particularly an anchoring plate 17 - which is fixed to the shell 105 of the boot 101, on a second, opposite side of the longitudinal opening 107.
  • the second connecting pin 11 comprises an extension which forms at least a portion of the gripping portion 3b of the actuating lever 3.
  • At least one portion of the gripping portion 3b of the actuating lever 3 is made as a single piece with at least the second connecting pin 11.
  • the extension 19 of the second connecting pin 11 may form the whole gripping portion 3b of said actuating lever.
  • the extension 19 comprises a first portion 19a adjacent to the second connecting pin 11 which is substantially perpendicular to said second connecting pin: owing to the presence of said first portion 19a it is ensured that the connecting portion 9a of the tensioning member 9 remains correctly aligned between the arms 4a, 4b of the body 4 of the connecting portion 3a of the actuating lever 3.
  • the extension 19 further comprises a second portion 19b that can be shaped at will and constitutes the actual gripping portion of the actuating lever (or a portion thereof).
  • said second portion 19b of the extension 19 may be shaped so as to optimize ease of handling (particularly ease of grip) of the actuating lever 3.
  • said second portion 19b of the extension 19 can be shaped at will in a simple and very cost-effective manner.
  • the extension 19 of the second connecting pin 11 forms only a portion of the gripping portion 3b of the actuating lever 3.
  • the remaining part of said gripping portion consists of an extension 4c of the body 4 made of plastic material of the connecting portion 3a of the actuating lever 3.
  • the closure device may also be advantageously applied to a wide range of different sports footwear.

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  1. Verschlussvorrichtung (1) mit
    - einer Trägerplatte (5),
    - einem Betätigungshebel (3), in dem ein Verbindungsabschnitt (3a) und ein Greifabschnitt (3b) ausgebildet sind, wobei der Verbindungsabschnitt (3a) des Betätigungshebels schwenkbar mit der Trägerplatte (5) mittels einem oder mehreren ersten Verbindungsstiften (7a, 7b) verbunden ist,
    - ein Spannteil (9), das an einem ersten seiner Enden mit dem Verbindungsabschnitt (3a) des Betätigungshebels mittels einem oder mehreren Verbindungsstiften (11) verbunden ist und das an seinem gegenüberliegenden Ende mit Einhakmitteln (15) versehen ist, und
    - einem Verankerungsteil (17), das mit Haltemitteln (17a) versehen ist, wobei die Einhakmittel (15) des Spannteils dafür ausgelegt sind, selektiv die Haltemittel des Verankerungsteils zu greifen, wobei der eine oder die mehreren erste Verbindungsstifte (7a, 7b) und der eine oder die mehreren zweiten Verbindungsstifte (11) aus Metalldraht sind,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Verbindungsabschnitt (3a) des Betätigungshebels (3) einen Körper (4) aus Kunststoffmaterial aufweist und dass wenigstens einer der einer oder mehreren zweiten Verbindungsstifte (11) eine Verlängerung (19) aufweist, die wenigstens einen Teil des Griffabschnitts (3b) des Betätigungshebels (3) bildet, wobei die Verlängerung ebenfalls aus Metalldraht ist.
  2. Verriegelungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Verlängerung (19) wenigstens einen ersten Abschnitt (19a) aufweist, der angrenzend an den entsprechenden ersten oder zweiten Verbindungsstift (7a, 7b, 11) und im Wesentlichen senkrecht dazu angeordnet ist.
  3. Verriegelungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei nur ein einziger zweiter Verbindungsstift (11) zwischen dem Betätigungshebel (3) und Spannteil (9) vorgesehen ist, und wobei der zweite Verbindungsstift (11) eine Verlängerung (19) aufweist, die zumindest einen Teil des Griffabschnitts (3b) des Betätigungshebels (3) bildet.
  4. Verriegelungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei zwei oder mehr zweite Verbindungsstifte zwischen dem Betätigungshebel (3) und dem Spannteil (9) vorgesehen sind, und wobei wenigstens einer der zweiten Verbindungsstifte eine Verlängerung aufweist, die wenigstens einen Teil des Griffabschnitts des Betätigungshebels bildet.
  5. Verschlussvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Verlängerung (19) des wenigstens einen der einen oder mehreren zweiten Verbindungsstifte (11) nur ein Teil des Griffabschnitts (3b) des Betätigungshebels (3) bildet und wobei der übrige Teil des Griffabschnitts (3b) des Betätigungshebels (3) von einer Verlängerung (4c) des Körpers (4) aus Kunststoffmaterial des Verbindungsabschnitts (3a) des Betätigungshebels (3) gebildet ist.
  6. Sportschuh (101) mit einer äußeren Schale (105) aus einem im Wesentlichen starren Material und einer Längsöffnung (107), die sich entlang der Schale erstreckt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er eine oder mehrere Verschlussvorrichtungen nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 aufweist, die quer zu der Längsöffnung (107) angeordnet sind, wobei die Trägerplatte (5) und das Verankerungsteil (17) auf gegenüberliegenden Seiten der Längsöffnung (107) an der Schale befestigt sind.
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