US3292222A - Reverse tensioning lever device for joining two borders to be united - Google Patents
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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
- 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
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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
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
- E05C19/00—Other devices specially designed for securing wings, e.g. with suction cups
- E05C19/10—Hook fastenings; Fastenings in which a link engages a fixed hook-like member
- E05C19/12—Hook fastenings; Fastenings in which a link engages a fixed hook-like member pivotally mounted around an axis
- E05C19/14—Hook fastenings; Fastenings in which a link engages a fixed hook-like member pivotally mounted around an axis with toggle action
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
- Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
- Y10T24/2102—Cam lever and loop
- Y10T24/2104—Step adjusted
- Y10T24/2106—Ski boot and garment fasteners
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
- Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
- Y10T24/2183—Ski, boot, and shoe fasteners
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- the present invention refers to a new connecting device of the lever actuated type, that appears particularly simple and efficient, as well as of low cost, due to the minimum number of parts constituting same, to the scope of connecting together two borders to be united.
- the device according to the invention is characterized by a first class actuating lever having its mobile fulcrum guided between two vertical shoulders projecting from a base support secured on one of said borders to be joined together, said lever carrying at its resisting end at least one hook apt to be latched by a tensioning element fastened on the other border.
- FIGURE l represent a side view of the closed device
- FIGURE 2 shows a top view of same
- FIGURES 3 and 4 show separately the parts constituting one of the members of the device, and namely the base support secured to one of the borders, and the lever which in this instance carries an articulated tensioning element;
- FIGURE 5 also shows the device in the closed position, as seen from a side, but with itsbase support sectioned to make more visible the lever, and its guided mobile pivots;
- FIGURE 6 represents the same device as in FIGURE 5, with its support sectioned, but in the opened position;
- FIGURES 7 and 8 represent respectively a side and a plan view of the other member forming the connecting device, and namely that which is applied to the other border to be joined, and which in this embodiment is the adjustable type.
- FIGURE 9 represents a perspective view, with some parts broken away, and at a larger scale, of the connecting device forming the subject of the invention in a semi-opened position.
- FIGURE 10 is also a partial perspective view of a device wherein the rack type tensioning member, articulated on the lever, is substituted by a hook integral with the inner end of the lever itself.
- tensioning and connecting device represented in the drawing has been chosen so as to enable it to be applied to the vamp borders of ski boots to constitute a binding; but evidently a device according to the invention may be utilized also for other applications such as for closing suitcases, bags, belts, purses and the like.
- the support 11 formed by a plate 12, secured on the border 10 by rivets 26, passing through the holes 12, and, on the other side, the support 24 carrying the connecting loop 22.
- the support plate 12 has two shoulders 13 and 13', a groove, respectively 14 and 14 being provided on the inner face 3,292,222 Patented Dec. 20, 1966 of each shoulder 13, 13'.
- This groove is such as to be enabled to receive with a certain play and a low to slide therien the small pivots 15 and 15', protruding from the two sides 16, 16', in the form of a triangle, of a lever 17, having a U-shaped transversal section, of the first class type, the resistance end 18 whereof carries pivotally mounted at 19 a rack type tensioning element 20 with slanted, hook-shaped teeth 21, wherein the intervals between the teeth are facing towards the mobile pivots 15.
- the hooks provided on the rack element 20 can be either on the upper or on the lower side of the tensioning element.
- the second member, applied on the border 10' is not adjustable, and the adjustment, if required, has to be effected by choosing at will one of the notches 21 of the rack element 20 as a latch for the tensioning element 22.
- This second element might be replaced by an adjustable one, as represented in FIG- URES 7 and 8, wherein also the loop 22, instead of being pivoted directly at 23 on the protruding shoulders 24 of the small plate 25, presents an end 30, transversely bent in the shape of a C, so that the two arms of the C embrace slidably, without being able to fall oil, the tail 27 of the small plate 25, which tail extends almost as far as the end of the border 10', and has a series of openings 28, in each of which may fit in and engage therein a. tooth 29, protruding downwardly from the end 30 of the loop 22.
- FIGURE 10 there is represented in a perspective view a still simpler semi-open embodiment wherein the rack type tensioning element 20 of the preceding figures is replaced by a hook 31 obtained directly integral with the lower end 18 of the lever 17. On this hook 31 en gages the tensioning element 22, that in this embodiment shall have preferably to be of the adjustable type shown in FIGURES 7 and 8.
- the teeth of the rack 20 represent a first possibility of adjustment.
- FIGURES 7 and 8 the second possibility of adjustment is clearly evident; herein, before latching the loop 22 in one of the hooks 21, the loop 22 is lifted as far as required to disengage the tooth 29 (FIG. 7) from the slits 28, and the rear portion 30 of the loop 22 is made to slide back and forth to choose the most suitable among the slits 28 for the tensioning it is wanted for the device in the closed position.
- the lever since the lever has no adjustment possibility, having a single integral hook 31, the adjustment to be utilized will be the one shown in FIGURES 5 and 6.
- the device as described supplies a lever that acts within minimum space and operates over the whole 180, from the fully open position (FIGURE 6) to the closed position (FIGURES 1, 2 and 5), with very few pieces, that is: the supporting basis 12 and the lever 17', with the rack 20, on one side; the supporting basis 25 and the loop 22 on the other side, while previously, in order to obtain a 180 rotation it was necessary to haverecourse to a third articulated element between the lever 17 and the articulation with the tensioning element 20.
- An additional advantage of the device 'as described consists in the fact that the two parts of which it is constituted, one applied to one border, and the other to the other border, are drawn close together during the closing operation, with absolutely equal travels, what allows especially in the instance of boots, a closing with a minimum effort and pressure, a part of the elfort being absorbed by the vertical movement of the mobile fulcrum 15'.
- Another advantage of the device according to the invention is that the ⁇ lever is placed about in the front center-line of the uppers and that in its closed position it remains protected from outside stresses, so that for instance in case of its application to ski boots, if the skier, during a down-hill run should climb upon foreign bodies, the .lever device remains unaffected and closed, preventing the known disastrous consequences of the unintentional opening of the levers and a loosening of the .boot.
- This last advantage derives from the fact that in the present device the lever is being closed by means of a reverse tension in respect to all other levers so far available in the trade, and that its free end lies just on the front centerline of the instep.
- said lever having side walls substantially. parallel to and located between said shoulders, said pins extending from said side walls, a pivot carried by said side walls remote from said pins; a hook member connected to said pivot between said walls, said lever haw ing a handle portion on the opposite side of said pins from said pivot, said hook member extending toward the 1 other body, the other body having a member thereon engageable with said hook member.
- said base being curved and said hook member ⁇ having a curved lower edge engageable with and slidable on the base member.
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US3399430A (en) * | 1966-03-18 | 1968-09-03 | March Franz | Buckle, particularly for a skiing boot |
US4112557A (en) * | 1976-09-07 | 1978-09-12 | S.A. Des Etablissements Francois Salomon & Fils | Devices for fastening ski boots |
EP0036078A2 (de) * | 1980-03-17 | 1981-09-23 | Gies Plastik GmbH & Co., KG | Picknickkoffer |
US4310951A (en) * | 1978-11-07 | 1982-01-19 | Sesamat Anstalt | Lever-operable fastener for shoes |
US5078296A (en) * | 1990-05-04 | 1992-01-07 | Kantec Manufacturing, Inc. | Container closure with stable open positions |
US5745959A (en) * | 1997-01-07 | 1998-05-05 | The Burton Corporation | Ratchet-type buckle |
US6422441B1 (en) | 1999-11-23 | 2002-07-23 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Apparatus for securing recreational equipment to vehicle-mounted racks |
US6425509B1 (en) | 1999-11-23 | 2002-07-30 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Bicycle carrier |
US6431423B1 (en) | 1999-11-23 | 2002-08-13 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Assembly for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle |
US6554297B2 (en) | 2001-01-03 | 2003-04-29 | The Burton Corporation | Dive resistant buckle |
US6561398B1 (en) | 1999-11-23 | 2003-05-13 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Rack assembly for a vehicle |
US7726529B2 (en) | 2006-08-09 | 2010-06-01 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Bicycle carrier |
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US9283884B2 (en) | 2012-04-30 | 2016-03-15 | Yakima Produtcs, Inc. | Attachment devices for vehicle rooftop rack accessories |
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US20200054100A1 (en) * | 2018-08-16 | 2020-02-20 | D&J Innovations, Llc | Portable ratchet footwear tightening system |
US10576903B2 (en) | 2016-06-05 | 2020-03-03 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Upright bike carrier |
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US3182366A (en) * | 1962-12-13 | 1965-05-11 | Rieker & Co | Fasteners for ski boots |
US3224118A (en) * | 1963-12-04 | 1965-12-21 | Rieker & Co | Ski boot |
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US2314270A (en) * | 1939-01-25 | 1943-03-16 | Elliott Theodore | Ski binding |
US2562355A (en) * | 1949-10-14 | 1951-07-31 | Stella C Grant | Truss construction |
US3132392A (en) * | 1962-03-17 | 1964-05-12 | Steinberg Adalberto Sussman | Tightening device especially for ski shoes |
FR1348377A (fr) * | 1962-07-31 | 1964-01-10 | Finot Fils Ets | Dispositif de serrage rapide |
US3182366A (en) * | 1962-12-13 | 1965-05-11 | Rieker & Co | Fasteners for ski boots |
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US3399430A (en) * | 1966-03-18 | 1968-09-03 | March Franz | Buckle, particularly for a skiing boot |
US4112557A (en) * | 1976-09-07 | 1978-09-12 | S.A. Des Etablissements Francois Salomon & Fils | Devices for fastening ski boots |
US4310951A (en) * | 1978-11-07 | 1982-01-19 | Sesamat Anstalt | Lever-operable fastener for shoes |
EP0036078A2 (de) * | 1980-03-17 | 1981-09-23 | Gies Plastik GmbH & Co., KG | Picknickkoffer |
EP0036078A3 (en) * | 1980-03-17 | 1982-02-24 | Gies Plastik Gmbh & Co., Kg | Picnic chest |
US5078296A (en) * | 1990-05-04 | 1992-01-07 | Kantec Manufacturing, Inc. | Container closure with stable open positions |
US5745959A (en) * | 1997-01-07 | 1998-05-05 | The Burton Corporation | Ratchet-type buckle |
US6422441B1 (en) | 1999-11-23 | 2002-07-23 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Apparatus for securing recreational equipment to vehicle-mounted racks |
US6425509B1 (en) | 1999-11-23 | 2002-07-30 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Bicycle carrier |
US6431423B1 (en) | 1999-11-23 | 2002-08-13 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Assembly for carrying a bicycle on a vehicle |
US6561398B1 (en) | 1999-11-23 | 2003-05-13 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Rack assembly for a vehicle |
US6554297B2 (en) | 2001-01-03 | 2003-04-29 | The Burton Corporation | Dive resistant buckle |
US8505793B2 (en) | 2005-08-09 | 2013-08-13 | Yakima Innovation Development Corporation | Bicycle carrier |
US7726528B2 (en) | 2005-08-09 | 2010-06-01 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Bicycle carrier |
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US7726529B2 (en) | 2006-08-09 | 2010-06-01 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Bicycle carrier |
US9283884B2 (en) | 2012-04-30 | 2016-03-15 | Yakima Produtcs, Inc. | Attachment devices for vehicle rooftop rack accessories |
US9376063B2 (en) | 2012-04-30 | 2016-06-28 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Vehicle carrier system |
US10279747B2 (en) | 2012-04-30 | 2019-05-07 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Attachment devices for vehicle rooftop rack accessories |
US10300865B2 (en) | 2016-06-05 | 2019-05-28 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Fork-mount bicycle carrier |
US10576903B2 (en) | 2016-06-05 | 2020-03-03 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Upright bike carrier |
US10857949B2 (en) | 2017-04-18 | 2020-12-08 | Yakima Products, Inc. | Fork mount bicycle carrier |
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US20200054100A1 (en) * | 2018-08-16 | 2020-02-20 | D&J Innovations, Llc | Portable ratchet footwear tightening system |
US10959494B2 (en) * | 2018-08-16 | 2021-03-30 | D&J Innovations, Llc | Portable ratchet footwear tightening system |
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