Shoe, especially sports shoe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9375052-B2
Application number	US-201314406124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2013
Priority date	Jul 27, 2013
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A shoe having a sole connected with an upper shoe part that has two adjacent arranged tensioning sections in its instep region which are separated by a gap. A lacing system is arranged so the shoe can be laced at the foot of the wearer by pulling the tensioning sections against another. The lacing system has a central closure that tensions a first tensioning element. A tension transmitting element has first and second tensioning parts. The first tensioning element engages into the first tensioning part and pulls the same, during lacing of the first tensioning element, toward the instep region. A second tensioning element has two ends fixed at the sole. The second tensioning element engages into the second tensioning part and pulls the same, during lacing of the first tensioning element, toward the sole. The first and second tensioning parts are connected together via a tensioning element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shoe, which comprises a shoe upper and a sole which is connected with the shoe upper, wherein the shoe upper comprises an instep region and two tensioning sections in the instep region separated by a gap, the shoe further comprising a lacing system having a first wire-shaped element and a central closure element configured to tension the first wire-shaped element so that the two tensioning sections are pulled toward each other,
wherein each tensioning section of said at least two tensioning sections includes at least one tension transmitting element having an upper tensioning part and a lower tensioning part,
wherein the first wire-shaped element engages the upper tensioning part such that the first wire-shaped element pulls the upper tensioning part away from the lower tensioning part when the first wire-shaped element is tensioned by the central closure element,
wherein a second wire-shaped element includes two ends fixed at one of the sole or a bottom region of the shoe upper, wherein the second wire-shaped element engages into the lower tensioning part such that the second wire-shaped element pulls the lower tensioning part away from the upper tensioning part when the first wire-shaped element is tensioned by the central closure element,
wherein the upper tensioning part and the lower tensioning part are connected with another via a tensioning element, and
wherein the tensioning element has a first end and a second end, the first end of the tensioning element is fixed at one of the upper tensioning part or the lower tensioning part and the other one of the upper tensioning part or the lower tensioning part has an aperture, the tensioning element extends through the aperture, and the second end of the tensioning element is fixed to the shoe upper.

2. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the tensioning element is designed as a band having a thickness and a width, wherein the thickness is at most 20% of the width.

3. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the shoe upper includes a tongue disposed in the instep region and the central closure element is arranged at the tongue.

4. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the upper tensioning part includes an arcuated guide through which the first wire-shaped element extends and the lower tensioning part includes an arcuated guide through which the second wire-shaped element extends.

5. The shoe according to claim 4 , wherein the upper tensioning part comprises only a single arcuated guide through which the first wire-shaped element extends.

6. The shoe according to claim 4 , wherein the lower tensioning part comprises two arcuated guides, the second wire-shaped element comprising a single wire-shaped element that extends through the two arcuated guides or two wire-shaped elements that extend respectively through the two arcuated guides.

7. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the sole and the shoe upper includes an eyehole through which the second wire-shaped element is guided and is deflected.

8. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the shoe upper includes an eyehole in a heel region of the shoe through which the second wire-shaped element is guided.

9. The shoe according to claim 8 , wherein the shoe upper has an inner side and the second wire-shaped element runs between the lower tensioning part and the eyehole at least partially on the inner side of the shoe upper.

10. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the first wire-shaped element extends through a plurality of upper tensioning parts which are arranged at opposing sides of the instep region.

11. The shoe according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the tensioning sections includes two upper tensioning parts and a guiding element, and the first tensioning element runs between the two first tensioning parts through the guiding element.

12. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the tensioning sections include two tensioning transmitting elements disposed on each side of the shoe upper.

13. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first wire-shaped element and the second wire-shaped element is a wire made of a high tensile strength material.

14. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the upper tensioning part and the lower tensioning part is a plastic material, with at least one arcuated guide, and is an injection molded part.

Assignees

• Puma SE

Inventors

• Krueger Thomas

Classifications

• A43C1/00

  Shoe lacing fastenings (garment fastening devices A41F) · CPC title

• A43C11/008

  Combined fastenings, e.g. to accelerate undoing or fastening · CPC title

• A43C1/003 Primary

  Zone lacing, i.e. whereby different zones of the footwear have different lacing tightening degrees, using one or a plurality of laces (laces combined with another system A43C11/008; zone tightening using straps A43C11/14) · CPC title

• A43C11/165

  characterised by a spool, reel or pulley for winding up cables, laces or straps by rotation · CPC title