JPH06165704A - Shoes - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To more simplify a manufacturing process by arranging an upper central closing member on one of at least two belt members. CONSTITUTION: A closing device consists of three portions, a central closing member 3, the first belt member 4 for holding the closing member 3, and the second belt member 5. The central closing member 3 includes a rotatable closing element 3a and a retracting string 3b, and the retracting string 3b is actuated by the closing element 3a, and a flexible upper portion 1 is closed by the belt members 4, 5 of the two sides. The member 3 is arranged on the upper of the belt member 4, and the belt member 4 is arranged on the outer side of shoes. When the member 3 is closed by the rotation of the closing element 3a, the end portions 7a, 9a of retracting portions 7, 9 are retracted into guiding elements 6 or 8. Thus, the foot of a wearer is surrounded by the uniformed pressure of the upper portion 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, which comprises a flexible upper part having at least two band members, a central closing member having a rotatable closing element and actuated by said closing element. And a tow string for closing the flexible upper part via the band member.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Shoes are German Federal Patent DE-A-3932.
No. 023.5, in which the closure member, manufactured as a separate element, is connected to the actual body of the shoe. The closure comprises a closure support consisting of a central region and two lateral folds, the rotatable closure element of the central closure being attached to the tongue and connected to the lateral fold by a drawstring. .

In a similar shoe known to those skilled in the art, the rotatable closure element of the central closure member is arranged on the tongue of the shoe, which is constructed in the usual manner, and the drawstring is provided by two lateral strap members. And the two strips are located on the upper lateral side adjacent to the tongue.

Suitable central closures for shoes of the type described above are, for example, European patents EP-A-0393380 and EP-A-.
Known by 0421290.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the invention to further improve the general type of shoes mentioned in the introductory part of the present invention, whereby the manufacture of shoes is made simpler and less expensive. effective.

[0006]

This object is achieved by a shoe according to the invention which is arranged to place the central closure member on one of the two band members.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are subject to the subclaims, the details of which will be explained by the description of several embodiments depicted in the drawings.

[0008]

When the central closing member 3 is closed by the rotation of the closing element 3a, the ends 7a, 9a of the pulling parts 7, 9 are pulled into the guiding element 6 or 8, respectively. Thereby, the user's foot is surrounded by the upper part 1 by a uniform pressure.

[0009]

1 to 4, a shoe suitable for leisure is shown as a first embodiment of the invention, which shoe has a closed upper part 1 (in this case, the sole of the shoe). 2 has the entire flexible portion of the main body of the shoe arranged on the upper side of 2).

The closing device of this shoe basically consists of three parts, namely the central closure member 3, the central closure member 3.
Is a first band member 4 and a second band member 5 that carry.

The central closure member 3 is a rotatable closure element 3a.
And a tow string 3b, which is actuated by this closure element 3a and the two lateral strips 4, 5
The flexible upper part 1 is closed via.

The central closure member 3 is arranged on a band member 4, which is arranged laterally on the outside of the shoe. As shown in particular in FIG. 4, this strip 4 has a first guide element 6 on its rear side, which guide element 6 has a rectangular notch 6a. The part 6a serves to receive the free end 7a of the pulling part 7 of the second band 5 which surrounds the heel area of the upper part 1.

A first band member 4 carrying a central closure member 3.
Has a second guide element 8 on its front side, which guide element 8 has a cutout 8a, which cutout 8a encloses a region of the upper instep of the upper part 1 5 serves to receive the free end 9a of the pulling part 9 of FIG.

In this example, the two guide elements 6, 8 are arranged in a substantially straight extension of the tensioning parts 7, 9 of the second band member 5 cooperating therewith.

A first band member 4 carrying a central closure member 3.
Also has a fixing part 10, which points forward at a predetermined angle and is connected to the upper part 1 in the lower region. In this example, the broken line 11 in FIG.
The position of the band member 4 is preferably rigidly connected to the upper part 1, i.e. the lower region of the fixing part 10 and the region carrying the central closing member 3. In contrast, the part of the first band member 4 forming the second guide element 8 is rigidly connected to the upper part 1 as well as the upper region of the fixing part 10 adjacent to the front part. Absent.

As has already been mentioned, following the extension 9 extending above the upper instep region of the foot 1, the second strip 5
Includes a fixing portion 12, and the fixing portion 12 extends at a predetermined angle with respect to the rear side similarly to the fixing portion 13 (see FIG. 3) pointing forward at a predetermined angle. Each of the burrs is connected to the upper part 1 in its lower region. The fixed part is identified by the dashed lines 14, 15.

The second band member 5 also has the above-mentioned pulling portion 7
And such a pull 7 surrounds the heel area of the upper part 1.

In the example shown, such a band member is constructed as a separate element and is connected to the rest of the second band member 5 by a universal joint 16. As shown in FIG. 4, the holes for receiving the rings forming this universal joint 16 are provided with reference numerals 17a, 17b.

One end of the tow string 3b is fixed to the rear region of the first band member 4 (see the fixing portion 18 in FIG. 4).
The tow string 3b is further provided with a groove 7 at the free end 7a of the pulling portion 7.
It extends through a '. The tow string 3b then emerges from the cutout 6a of the first guide element 6 and enters the cutout 8a of the second guide element 8. There, the tow string 3b extends through the corresponding cutout 9a 'of the free end 9a of the pulling part 9. The second end of the tow string 3b is attached to the cable drum of the rotatable closure element 3a.
Details of the central closure member 3 are known from other contexts and need not be described.

If the entire band member is not made of a plastic material, the ends 7a, 9a of the two tensioning parts 7, 9 of the second band member 5 which engage the tow string 3b and the first band member. The guide elements 6, 8 of the member 4 and the region of the first band member 4 carrying the central closing member 3 are preferably made of plastic material.

Thus, in this example, the first band member 4 arranged on the outside of the upper part 1 functions as a carrier for the central closure member 3, while also enclosing the central part of the foot. The second band member 5 attached to the inside of the upper part 1 grasps the rest of the center of the foot, from which a part of the band member 5 (that is, the pull portion 9) extends above the upper side of the foot on the other hand,
The part which follows further, that is to say the pulling part 7, is guided around the heel.

If the central closing member 3 is closed by the rotation of the closing element 3a, the ends 7a of the tensioning parts 7,9,
9a is pulled into the guide element 6 or 8 respectively along the direction of the central closure member. The upper part 1 thus surrounds the user's foot with a uniform pressure, which can be set as a predetermined value.

If desired, the central closing member 3 is a band member 4
It is more easily removed and replaced.

FIG. 5 shows a modification of the example shown in FIGS. The shoe of this example comprises a slotted upper part 1 ', which has two regions 1'a, 1'b covering the slot 19, such as a fold.

First band member 4 carrying a central closure member 3
In addition to the first guide element 6, a second guide element 3b for the drawstring 3b
The guide element 22 and the fixing portion 24 for fixing one end portion of the tow string 3b.

In addition to the tensioning part 7 which surrounds the heel area, the second strip 5 also has a first guide element 21 and a third guide element 21 for the tow cord.
Of the guide elements 23.

The tow cord 3b further extends beyond the rotatable closing element 3a of the central closing member 3 beyond the free end 7a of the tensioning portion 7 of the band member 5 and comprises three guide elements 21, 22, 23.
To the fixed portion 24 via. Thus, the central closing member 3
When closed, the band member 5 is pulled up to the band member 4 by the tow string 3b and the upper part 1 ′ encloses the user's foot with adjustable pressure.

As yet another example of the present invention, FIG. 6 shows a football boot having a slotted upper portion 1'and a tongue 30. The upper region 1'a carries a first band member 4, which is arranged on the outside of the shoe, while the second band member 5 provided in the region 1'b. Engages slightly above the upper region 1'a.

The band member 4 carrying the central closure member 3 has second and fourth guide elements 32, 34 for the tow cord and a fixing part 35 for fixing one end of the tow cord. By means of the second band member 5, the first and the fourth for the tow string
The guide elements 31, 33 of are carried. Thus, the tow cord 3b is fixed to the fixing part 35 via the four guide elements 31, 32, 33, 34 from the rotatable closure element of the central closure member 3.
Extend until. While the central closing member 3 is being pulled, the band member 5 is pulled to the band member 4 by the tow string 3b, and the upper part is closed.

In this example (as in the two examples above)
The second band member does not include a pull 7 surrounding the upper heel region. Therefore, the guiding element 6 on the rear side of the above example is also removed.

Only the respective regions 4a5a of the band members 4, 5 carrying the central closure member 3 are provided with four guide elements 31,3.
2, 33, 34 and the fixing part 35 are preferably made of a relatively bending-resistant material such as plastics, while the remaining parts 4b, 5b of the two strips 4, 5 respectively. It is preferably manufactured from a relatively flexible material such as leather or synthetic leather.

FIG. 7 shows a child's shoe as a further example of the present invention, in which the central closing member 3 arranged on the first band member 4 is arranged on the upper part 1. It is located in the central part. The central closing member 3 is attached to the second band member 5
The tow string 3b connected to is constructed in this example as a simple short loop. The band member 5 is provided with a groove 37 having a shape suitable for receiving the tow string 3b.

The two strips 4, 5 are preferably connected to the top in the lower region of their connection (almost along the lines 38, 39).

[0034]

According to the present invention, there are advantages that the manufacturing process of shoes is simplified and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a first of the present invention configured as a leisure shoe.
3 is a perspective view of an example of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the shoe of FIG.

3 is a side view of the shoe of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state before the two belt members of the shoe shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are fastened to the upper portion.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second example of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a third example of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a fourth example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1'upper 2 bottom 3 central closing member 3a closing element 3b traction string 4, 5 band member 6 guiding element 6a notch portion 7 pulling portion 7a end portion 8 guiding element 9 pulling portion 9a end portion 10 fixing portion 11 broken line 12 , 13 Fixed part 14, 15 Broken line 16 Universal joint 17a, 17b Hole 19 Slot 21, 22, 23 Guide element 31, 32, 33, 34 Guide element 35 Fixed part 37 Groove

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Jacob Hummer Germany, D-7700 Singen 14, Lemolt Strasse 45

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A flexible top with at least two straps, a central closure with a rotatable closure element, and a traction actuated by the closure to close the flexible top via the straps. A shoe having a lace, in particular a sports shoe, characterized in that the upper central closure member is arranged on one of the at least two band members.