EP 0666718 B1 19960717 - SHOE WITH CENTRAL BUCKLE
Title (en)
SHOE WITH CENTRAL BUCKLE
Title (de)
SCHUH MIT ZENTRALVERSCHLUSS
Title (fr)
CHAUSSURE MUNIE D'UNE FERMETURE CENTRALE
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 9301051 W 19931102
- DE 9214848 U 19921102
Abstract (en)
[origin: US5381609A] A shoe of the type having a sole and an upper formed of nonrigid materials attached to the sole, and with a central closure mechanism that is coupled with at least one elongated flexible tightening element by which a vamp of the upper can be tightened and loosened via increasing and decreasing an effective length of the at least one tightening element as measured from the central closure mechanism as it runs between guide elements on the upper and on an instep shield. In accordance with preferred embodiments, the shoe upper has a closed vamp, at least the instep area of which is formed of a volume-elastic compressible material and the instep cover is formed of an elastically bendable material at least approximately matched to the surface contour at least a portion of the instep. Additionally, the central closure is provided on the outside of the back of the upper above the heel, and the tightening element runs from the central closure along both sides of the shoe, via a guide element provided curving around the heel from near the height of the insole, without crossing the instep, to a higher guide element provided on the instep cover and then to a forward guide element lying at the level of the insole on the outside of the shoe upper near the small toe at the medial side of the shoe and in the area between the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe and approximately the center of the arch on the lateral side of the shoe.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A43B 5/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A43C 11/00 (2013.01 - EP US); A43C 11/165 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT CH DE ES FR GB IT LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 5381609 A 19950117; AT E140369 T1 19960815; AU 5368994 A 19940524; AU 673558 B2 19961114; DE 59303275 D1 19960822; DE 9214848 U1 19940310; EP 0666718 A1 19950816; EP 0666718 B1 19960717; ES 2091045 T3 19961016; JP 3311355 B2 20020805; JP H08502429 A 19960319; WO 9409664 A1 19940511
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 14444393 A 19931102; AT 93924018 T 19931102; AU 5368994 A 19931102; DE 59303275 T 19931102; DE 9214848 U 19921102; DE 9301051 W 19931102; EP 93924018 A 19931102; ES 93924018 T 19931102; JP 51056994 A 19931102