KR20060071349A - Sport equipment with a strap of tightening an ankle - Google Patents

Abstract

Sports equipment designed to receive a user's foot has a shoelet 3 with an inlet 6 installed therein, the inlet being enclosed by a side edge 17 and a central edge 18, which is fastened with a strap. The device allows mutual access of the lateral edge 17 and the central edge 18, wherein the drawstring device has several first-shaped loops 8 fixed on the lace 9 and the shoe 3. ) And a slide passage for the strap (9). The equipment also has a first strap 11 having a first end and a second end, the second end having a second type loop 15 designed to receive a string 9,

In a second strap 12 having a first end and a second end, the first end is secured by second adhesive means on the central edge 18, the second end receiving the strap. Has a designed second loop 15 of the second type,

The side buckle 13 is fixed on the side of the shoe 3 and is designed to receive the second strap 12, the central buckle 14 is fixed on the central face of the shoe 3 and the It is designed to receive the first strap 14, in particular one of the first and second bonding means is provided with a ring 19 to allow passage of the straps 11, 12.

Description

SPORT EQUIPMENT WITH A STRAP OF TIGHTENING AN ANKLE}

1 is a perspective view of a skate according to the prior art;

2 is a perspective view of sports equipment according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of the ankle tightening device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a sectional view of the skate depicted in FIG.

5 is a perspective view of sports equipment according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a detailed view of the third embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a third embodiment of the present invention in the open position.

9 is a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Terminology

1. Skate

2. shoes bottom

3. Footwear

4. shoe heel part

5. Collar

6. Entrance

7. Strip

8. Type 1 loop

9. strap

10. Blocking device

11. First strap

12. Second strap

13. side buckle

14. Central Buckle

15. Second Type Loop

16. Slight Seal

17. Side edge

18. Center Edge

19. Ring

20. Induction device

21. cover

22. Border

23. Shoe heel cushion

24. Shoes

25. Side panel

26. Center panel

27. Elastic rich section

28. cover strip

29. The masculine part of the instep attachment means

30. The masculine part of the ankle glue

31. Latch device

32. Instep Band

33. Ankle Strap

34. Ski Shoes

35. Fuselage

36. Flexible Shoe Part

37. The tunnel

38. Flap

39. Slight seal

The present invention relates to equipment designed for sporting execution with fastening means comprising a foot wrap device and a strap.

U. S. Patent No. 5,109, 613 describes a sport shoe equipped with a first fastening device comprising a string and several loops, which loops are arranged on both sides of the inlet of the end installed on top of the shoe. The shoe is also equipped with a second tightening device that includes a tightening strap that is significantly bent and attached to the upper portion of the ankle, which is the height of the fold. When using such shoes, the user must first pull the straps, tie a knot, and tie on the straps to tie the straps of the first tightening device in order to fit snugly to their feet. Should pull. This operation, including the subsequent steps, is time consuming and tedious. Moreover, in order to pull the shoe, the user has to embark on the same steps. On the other hand, the two fasteners are completely independent of each other, causing inaccuracies in the tightened state. Indeed, if the first tightening device is executed with the desired force, the user decides to hold the second device with more powerful force, which is first bent and loosened in the folds and then in all areas where the string is tightened. Causes loosening. It happens that the user exerts even more powerful force on the second device than on the first device. This is particularly the case when it relates to sports equipment designed for running sports such as skiing, snowboarding and skating. In fact, one of the functions of the second fastener is to ensure that the heel is secured to the back of the shoe.

US Patent No. 6 073 370 depicts a snowboard shoe with a drawstring device completed with a tightening device of the user's ankle in FIGS. 16 and 17. The ankle fasteners consist of a combination of straps, one of which is envisioned on the ankle, surrounds the back of the ankle and is secured to each of the ankle faces of the metal ring. The second strap completes the device as free to move relative to the shoe, despite being limited in movement due to passage within the two buckles. Two ends of the second strap are provided with loops, which loops are integrated into the drawstring device. Thus, the stretching force on the strap drives the mutual access of the two sides of the ankle towards each other but also increases the force under the pressure of the ankle fastener, which is a muffler squeezed out due to the passage of the second strap in the buckle. This is due to the mouflage effect. In these shoes, the free movement of the second strap does not limit the left and right unbalanced movements of the strap, thus tightening the different ankles between the right and left sides.

U. S. Patent No. 5,379, 529 describes a shoe with a strapping device that includes means for increasing the tightening force at the ankle height. These means consist of a strip extending laterally on the respective sides of the strip. The straps are flipped over as they pass through the inlets installed in the shoe to be guided once more towards the strip. U.S. Patent No. 2004/0181973 describes a skate with a device in accordance with precedent as long as the ankle tightening strap is secured on the strip. The skate consists of buckles fixed on the side of the ankle at the height of the ankle bone. In these shoes the tightening of the ankles is done while exerting a great force on the strip while exerting a smaller force on the ankle itself at the strap's redirection height, i.e. at the entrances height in the first case and in the second case. It's at the buckle height. This has a huge effect that the ankle regions located at the ankle region height will be under less pressure than the strips. In addition, the portion of the shoe between the turning elements and the inlet edges is not directly dependent on the pressure.

The present invention aims to equip a sports equipment with tightening means which deviates from the limitations set forth by the devices known in the prior art. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to have a tightening device that improves the ergonomic handling and prevents the folded portion of the bend from fitting well to the foot and eliminates the tightening effect of the entire comfortable portion. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to have a tightening device such that the tightening force acting on the ankle height is the highest.

The present invention also aims to have a tightening device that permits tightening of all ankles and increased tightening at the ankle top region height at the same time.

The object of the present invention is achieved by the supply of sports equipment designed to receive a user's foot comprising a foot wrap device, the foot wrap device having a central surface including a side edge and a central edge including a side edge. The drawstring device enables mutual access of the side and center edges, the drawstring device comprising at least two first type loops fixed on the strap and the device surrounding the foot; And having a sliding passageway for the strap so that the force exerted by the strap 9 on the first form loops is transmitted directly to the device surrounding the foot, the sports equipment comprising a first end and a second end Having at least one strap, the first end being one of the faces of the device surrounding the foot And the second end has a second type of loop expected to receive the strap, and the buckle is secured to the other side of the device surrounding the foot, the second end of which is exerted by the strap on the second type loop. The buckle is designed to accept at least one of the straps such that force is indirectly transmitted to the device surrounding the foot with the aid of the strap and the buckle.

In a preferred embodiment, the foot wrap device consists of a shoelace of footwear or a woven article having elastic or flexible material parts. The shoelace penetrates the vertical inlet that allows the user to easily insert and remove the foot. The inlet is surrounded by side and central edges, which edges are provided with several loops of the first shape. It is therefore an object of the present invention to have a sporting equipment designed to receive a user's foot having an inlet with an inlet installed therein, the inlet being enclosed by a side edge and a central edge, and the strapping device having the side edge The interlocking and central edges are accessible, and the strapping device has several loops fixed on the straps and shoelaces, with sliding passages for the straps. In addition, the sports equipment includes: have.

A first strap having a first end and a second end, the first end being fixed on the side edge, and the second end having a second loop of a second type designed to receive a string.

A second strap having a first end and a second end, the first end being fixed on the central edge, the second end having a second loop of a second type designed to receive a string.

The side buckle is secured on the side of the shoe and is designed to receive the second strap.

The central buckle is secured on the central face of the shoe and is designed to receive the first strap.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the two straps are secured on the side edges and the center edge facing each other.

One of the two straps is secured to one of the side and center edges with the aid of a ring, allowing the other of the two straps to pass through.

In another embodiment of the invention, the two straps are not fixed on the side and center edge portions facing each other. By changing their fastening points on the corresponding edges, it is no longer necessary to provide a passageway in one of the two straps.

In a third embodiment of the present invention, the foot wrapping device has a bonnet fixed on the sole of the shoe of the sports equipment. Sports equipment does not have only a fastening strap.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the sports equipment is ski shoes.

The invention will be better understood from the description of the accompanying drawings.

1 depicts sports equipment according to the prior art, and relates to an inline roller skate. Such a skate has a first fastening device, which has a first fastening device consisting of a plurality of loops arranged at both sides of the longitudinal inlet and a string passing through the whole of the loops according to a special progress. At the end of the drawstring and after applying the desired pressure to the string, the user knots to maintain the pressure and to preserve the tightness of the foot care. The tightening means of the skate includes a tightening device that is bent and positioned within the ankle upper portion of the folded portion height. This fastener is sometimes called a PCT (short circumference of the shoe) tightening, which corresponds to the tightening performed along the short circumference of the heel, thus optimizing the adjustment of the foot towards the back in the shoe for running a sport. It is quite important. Since the fastener is at the center of the skate, it has a strap and a turn buckle not shown in FIG.

The strap is secured on the side of the skate shoe, positioned on the upper part of the ankle and then passed through the turn buckle. To perform the tightening, the user stretches on the free end of the strap and then folds the strap on itself. Velcro-shaped self-adhesive bands on different parts of the strap ensure the desired pressure retention.

Fig. 2 depicts a perspective view of the sports equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This relates to a roller skate (1) consisting of a frame in which several wheels arranged in series with a shoe part are assembled. The foot wear part has a shoe sole (2) which is intended to support the foot and a shoe neck (3) surrounding the foot. The shoe neck 3 has flexible parts that provide optimum comfort of the foot and wrap around the foot, and the rigid parts ensure the foot fixation. The rigid parts in particular comprise a shoe heel part 4 and a collar 5, the collar being fixed on the shoe heel part. The inlet 6 is provided in the shoe 3. This inlet 6 is considerably longitudinal and surrounded by the lateral edge 17 and the central edge 18. The strip 7 is received at the inlet 6 so as to be at least partially covered with the side edge 17 and the central edge 18. The strapping device comprises several first type loops 8 and straps 9 and a closure device 10 for the straps fixed on the side edges and the central edge. In order to improve the insulation of the shoelace, the inlet 6 may be blocked with an elastically rich piece of fabric that does not interfere with the relative movement of the side edge 17 relative to the central edge 18.

3 is a detailed view of the first embodiment of the present invention. In order to be able to ensure tightness confined within the ankle top region, the first strap 11 is secured on the ankle at the height of the side edge 17 with the aid of the ring 19. In practice the first part of the first strap 11 is fixed on the side edge 17 by means of stitching. Finally, the second part of the first strap 11 is tied to the ring 19. This structure allows the second strap 12 to pass through. Of course, the passage implementation for the second strap (! 2) could be realized in a different way than just described.

Out of a fixed state in the side edge 17, the first strap 11 passes through the inlet 6 and stands on the central edge 18 up to the turning means, the turning means being the central buckle 14. It is configured by The central buckle is fixed on the shoe heel portion 4 by rivets. After passing in the central buckle 14, the first strap 11 is folded on itself towards the center of the shoe. The free end of the first strap has a second type of loop 15.

The second strap 12 is sewn securely on the splint at the height of the central edge 18. It penetrates the inlet 6 and passes through the ring 19 to join the side buckle 13. After passing through the side buckle 13, the second strap 12 is folded back on itself towards the center of the shoe. The free end of the first strap has a second type of loop 15.

In the context of the present invention, they are called type 1 loops, which loops generate a force that accepts the string and directly tightens it. This is the case for loops fixed directly on the shoe. On the other hand, these are called type 2 loops, which also accept the string but produce an increased tightening force. This is the case of loops fixed at the free ends of the straps, the effect on tightening being benefited from the increase by the muffle effect, ie the passage of the strap in the buckle.

In the first embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 2-4, the second type loops 15 are the same as the first type loops 8 fixed directly on the shoe. These have a slide passage consisting of an open loop which allows the string 9 to be pulled out. Of course, these features are not limited to the scope of the present invention, and it is possible to plan a second type loop 15 that is different from the first type loop 8, as it is possible to plan closed loops. .

The string 9 is received in the first type loop 8, such as in the entirety of the loops, ie in the second type loops 15, and then passes through the induction device 20. The induction device 20 is fixed on the first strap 11 between the ring 19 and the central buckle 14. The induction device serves to secure the strap between the side buckle 13 and the central buckle 14, respectively, when the strap is under pressure, and the induction device of the first type loops disposed on the central and side edges, respectively. Is advanced, the first type loops do not restrict the sliding of the first strap and the second strap. The induction device 20 consists of a combination of two loops of a string which receives one of the thin strands of the string 9.

4 shows a sectional view of the sports equipment according to the first embodiment, which makes it possible to have a tightening device function. The pressure exerted on the string by the user generates elongation on the first and second types of loops. On the first type loops 8, these elongations are expressed by the forces approaching the side and center edges of each other. On the second type loops 15 this elongation is manifested by the application of increased forces on the lateral edge, on the central edge, respectively, to the extent that the first and second straps are fixed.

The results caused by the passage of the second strap in the first strap and the respective central buckle and in the side buckle are particularly effective within the range in which the side buckle and the central buckle are respectively fixed directly on the shoe heel portion.

5 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment differs from the first one in that the fastening of the straps on the respective corresponding edges is changed according to the central drawing of the skate. Rather than being fixed on the side edge 18 at the same height with the second strap 12 on the central edge 17, the first strap 11 is fixed further below. In other words, the first strap is not in the drawing defined by the short circumference of the shoe heel. In this embodiment, it is not necessary to provide a passage in the first strap for the second strap, which is the case in the first embodiment together with the ring 19.

6 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. The sports equipment depicted is roller skates designed to accept the shoes of a user. Strictly speaking, it's about a skate that doesn't include a shoe, but it's about a cradle that tends to accept separate shoes. The present case relates to low shoes in the form of lace-up sneakers. The device for wrapping the foot is provided with a cover 21, which is included on the face of the skate, which is an area for rotational fixation, and is provided with a table-top type to allow the entrance of the cover to facilitate wearing and removing shoes. It is included on the side of the adhesive means.

The cradle includes a shoe sole (2) and shoe heel portion (4) intended to support the shoe. The shoe heel portion 4 rises from the rear of the shoe sole 2, while the rims 22 extend from the front of the shoe sole 2. The collar 5 is equipped with a shoe heel 23 cushion.

The skate accepts the user's shoe 24. This relates to low shoes, ie the shoe's cuff does not extend to the lower area of the user's leg. Shoe retention in the skates is made thanks to the cover 21. The cover 21 has a side panel 25, a central panel 26, a strip 28, and a strapping device.

The center panel 26 is secured on the center surface of the skate via the instep fixation and the ankle fixation constructed in this embodiment by flexible straps. Each side panel 22 and center panel 26 each include a side edge 17 and a center edge 18. Approach to each other of the side edge 17 and the center edge 18 allows the cover to be adjusted to the user's body shape. The center panel 26 and the side panel 25 are connected to each other by a drawstring device. This strapping device has side loops facing each other and several loops 8 arranged on both sides of the central panel and on both sides of the strapping area on the strap 9, the two of which The thin strands alternately pass from the side panels to the center panel or vice versa. The strapping device is equipped with a cord closure device 10, passing through the point where the two thin strands of the strap 9 end over the cord closure area over the closure device. The side panel and the center panel are connected to each other by sections 27 made of elastic material. The masculine portions of the instep bonding means 29 and the ankle bonding means 30 are fixed on the side panels and are intended to be encased in the corresponding feminine elements. These feminine elements consist of simple devices with clasps 31 while the masculine parts comprise a toothed strip intended to cooperate with clasp 31. These gluing means are interlocked or not interlocked but they do not allow adjustment. Still other adhesive means can be used within the scope of the present invention. For example, the adhesive means may consist of a combination of hooks provided on the side rim and shoe heel part on the one hand and buckles fixed on the cover 21 on the other hand.

The resilient section 27 is placed under the adjuster, and in some cases a drawstring with the straps of the skates is shown on the user's shoes along with those which avoid contact and the fastening means. In the case depicted here, the user's shoes are provided with laces. The strip 28 is fixed on the elastically rich section 27, for example by sewing. The elastic section also gives the cover considerable stiffness. Thus, when the user opens or closes the cover, it acts like a door, and the masculine parts of the instep and ankle bonding means automatically sit in front of the clasp.

In a third embodiment according to the invention, only one leather strap, ankle strap 33 is arranged at the short circumferential height of the shoe heel. As can be seen in FIG. 6, the strap is secured on the side panel 25 near the male portions of the ankle bonding means 30. The strap therefore wraps around the short circumference 8 of the shoe heel. At the height of the side edge 17, a strap 33 is provided as a first shape loop 8. According to the terminology used in this claim, considering its relaying, it relates to the first type loop, and the tightening force applied by the string 9 is transmitted directly to the cover. In fact, the tightening force is transmitted to the lid via the fixing of the strap 33 on the lid 31.

7 shows a detailed view of the central section of the sports equipment according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Ankle strap 33 passes through the central buckle 14 and folds on itself. Its free end has a second type loop 14. In the area corresponding to the central plane of the skate, the guide device 20 is fixed on the ankle strap 33. The induction device 20 is depicted for the first embodiment of the present invention and is quite different from the induction device shown in Figs. 2-4. In fact, the induction device has a wide inlet through which two thin strands of string 9 pass.

Fig. 8 shows sports equipment 63 according to the third embodiment of the present invention in the open state before the user pulls out the skate shoes. Each instep fixation and ankle fixation has an instep band 32 and an ankle band (not shown in FIG. 8), respectively, which bands are realized with more flexible straps than side panels. In particular, the bands used are bands made flexible without end rigidity, thus forming a pivot region and the sheaths being unbalanced around them. In this way, the cover is completely out of the area that accepts the foot with the shoe on the sole of the skate.

The use of the skate according to the third embodiment is simple and dominant. The user skates to the open position while moving the cover 21. In the open state, the cover 21 is out of an area for receiving a foot worn on the shoe sole 2 of the skate. Therefore, the user can simply and intuitively put his foot in the shoe 24 first on the shoe sole. Subsequently, in only one action, the cover in the closed position is moved. When doing this, the strips of the male part of the instep and the ankle bonding means are positioned in the clasp 31 device. Only pressure can link them. In this way, the tension on the string 9 fits the lid of the user's body. Tension on the strap produces on the one hand the tightening force distributed on the cover 21 by a plurality of first type loops 8 and on the other hand the second type loop 15 and the ankle strap 33 As a medium, it generates a clamping force bonded to the height of the short circumference of the shoe heel.

9 is a perspective view of a center section of a fourth embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment has a flexible shoe part adapted to the body shape of a user in which the sports equipment has a rigid hull 35 and a drawstring device. A number of first shape loops 8 are secured on the flexible shoe 36 and a second shape loop 15 is secured to the free end of the ankle strap 33. At the end of the strapping region, the string 9 penetrates through the tunnels 37 avoiding contact with the string with a flap 38 of the lower leg tightening collar. The tightening device includes a blockage device (10) and some tension (39) that allows the user to slide the entirety or a portion of the palm of the hand to exert maximum force effectively and without risk of injury with the entirety or a portion of the toe; have.

Ankle strap 33 is secured on the side of the shoe (not shown in this perspective view). The central buckle 14 is fixed on the fuselage 35 and on the fuselage central section. The induction device 20 and the first shape loop 8 are secured on the ankle strap 33.

The invention is not limited to, for example, the several embodiments described above but encompasses all equivalent implementations. In particular, combinations may be made between the features of the four embodiments described herein, for example.

The present invention provides a sports equipment equipped with tightening means including a foot wrap device and a strap, wherein the present invention provides sports equipment designed to receive a user's feet more easily and comfortably.

Claims (7)

In sports equipment designed to receive a user's foot that includes a foot wrap device, the foot wrap device has a side surface including a side edge 17 and a central surface including a center edge 18 and a strap A drawstring enables mutual access of the lateral edge 17 and the central edge 18, the drawstring being at least two first fixed on the strap 9 and the device surrounding the foot. Comprising a form loop 8, having a slide passage for the string 9 so that the force acted by the string 9 on the first form loops is transmitted directly to the device surrounding the foot, The sports equipment has at least one strap 11, 12 comprising a first end and a second end, the first end being secured to one of the sides of the device surrounding the foot. The second end has a second type loop 15, which is expected to receive the lace 9, and furthermore the sports equipment has a buckle 13, 14 which is fixed to the other side of the device surrounding the foot. The force exerted by the strap on the second form loop is indirectly transmitted to the device surrounding the foot with the aid of the straps 11, 12, 33 and the buckle 13, 14; Sports equipment, characterized in that the buckle (13) (14) is designed to accept at least one said strap (11) (12) (33). The device for wrapping a foot according to claim 1, wherein the foot wrap device is a shoe ankle (3) having an inlet (6) installed therein, the inlet being surrounded by a side edge (17) and a central edge (18). Drawstrings allow mutual access of the side edges 17 and the central edges 18, and the drawstrings have several first-type loops fixed on the laces 9 and the shoe 3. (8), characterized by having a slide passage for the strap (9), In a first strap (11) having a first end and a second end, the first end is fixed on the side edge (17), the second end being designed to receive the strap (9) Has a shape loop 15, In a second strap 12 having a first end and a second end, the first end is fixed on the central edge 18, and the second end is of a second type designed to accept a string. Has two loops (15), Sports equipment designed to receive a user's foot, characterized in that the side buckle (13) is secured on the side of the shoe (3) and is designed to receive the second strap (12). Sporting equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that one of the first and second bonding means is provided with a ring (19) to allow passage of the straps (11) (12). Sport equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that a guide device (20) intended to receive the strap (9) is secured to one of the straps (11) (12). Sport equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that it has a closure device for the laces (10). 3. A device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the device for wrapping the foot is provided with a cover 21, the cover being at least one with a side panel connected in a tactical manner to the side of the sports equipment via at least one removable adhesive means. Sports equipment, characterized in that fixed on the center surface of the sports equipment via the adhesion of the. 2. Sporting equipment according to claim 1, wherein the equipment surrounding the foot has a fuselage (35) and some tension (36).

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