(19)
(11) EP 1 205 122 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.06.2003 Bulletin 2003/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/20

(21) Application number: 01124572.7

(22) Date of filing: 15.10.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A43C 11/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 08.11.2000 IT MI002404
08.11.2000 IT MI002406
08.11.2000 IT MI002405

(71) Applicant: HTM SPORT S.p.A.
16035 Rapallo (Genova) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Baggio, Giorgio
    35018 S. Martino Di Lupari (padova) (IT)
  • Marconato, Luca
    31030 Sala Di Istrana (Treviso) (IT)

(74) Representative: Forattini, Amelia 
c/o Internazionale Brevetti Ingg. ZINI, MARANESI & C. S.r.l. Piazza Castello 1
20121 Milano
20121 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Fastening lever, particularly for sports shoes


(57) A fastening lever (1) for sports shoes comprising a first flap (3) to be joined to a second flap (23). The fastening lever has a base (2) associated with the first flap and a lever arm (5) articulated to the base; a traction member (9) is pivoted to the lever arm and bears a bridge (18) which has a pivot (20) which can be selectively associated with one of a plurality of teeth (21) of a rack (22) associated with the second flap. The lever arm can be actuated in order to join the flaps with a selected closure force. The fastening lever comprises a preloaded elastically deformable member (17) provided with a load adjustment means (14,16) and operating between the base and the lever arm in order to keep the closure force constant.






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