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EP2591696B1 - Verschlusseinrichtung für Sportschuh, z. B. Ski-, Snowboardstiefeln, oder dengleichen - Google Patents

Verschlusseinrichtung für Sportschuh, z. B. Ski-, Snowboardstiefeln, oder dengleichen Download PDF

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EP2591696B1
EP2591696B1 EP12192548.1A EP12192548A EP2591696B1 EP 2591696 B1 EP2591696 B1 EP 2591696B1 EP 12192548 A EP12192548 A EP 12192548A EP 2591696 B1 EP2591696 B1 EP 2591696B1
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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
    • A43C11/146—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap
    • A43C11/1473—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap characterised by means to retain the preferred position on the strap when the fastening means are in the loosened position
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
    • A43B5/0427—Ski or like boots characterised by type or construction details
    • A43B5/0429—Adjustment of the boot to calf or shin, i.e. fibula, tibia
    • A43B5/0433—Adjustment of the boot to calf or shin, i.e. fibula, tibia to the width of calf or shin, i.e. fibula, tibia
    • 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
    • A43C11/144—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the shoe, e.g. rack characterised by means to retain the preferred position on the rack when the fastening means are in the loosened position

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  • the present invention concerns a closing device for a sports footwear such as a ski boot, snowboard boot or suchlike, which allows the user to selectively close the sports footwear with an adjustable force, and by an operation that is very simple to perform.
  • ski boots or snowboard boots which comprise a relatively rigid main structure, also called casing, which defines an internal compartment suitable to contain the user's foot and provided with an aperture suitable to facilitate the insertion of the user's foot into the internal compartment.
  • a closing device which comprises a series of hooks, which form a rack, which is attached close to one side of the aperture and an actuation lever which is attached near the opposite side of the aperture by means of two separate tensioning cords.
  • the actuation lever is provided with a peg which is suitable to be put in cooperation with one of the hooks of the rack, chosen by the user, in order to hook up and close the aperture, with a force which depends on the hook of the rack selected by the user, on the basis of whether he/she wants a tighter or looser boot around the foot.
  • closing device One disadvantage of the known closing device is that the closing force is distributed in a very limited zone of the boot, so that the latter has to have many closing devices, usually from 3 to 5, which make the sports footwear both costly and heavy. Moreover, the actuation of the different closing devices is rather complex and slow.
  • DE 24 14 439 A1 shows a closing device for a sports shoe such as a ski boot, snowboard boot or suchlike, having a main structure defining an inner compartment suitable to contain the users foot and provided with an aperture and a closing element which is suitable to selectively close said aperture and to selectively clamp the foot inside said compartment, said closing device comprising an actuation member pivoted on said main structure on one side of said aperture and cooperating with at least a connection cable, attached to said closing element or to another side of said aperture, wherein it further comprises at least two return elements, attached to said closing element or to said main structure or to said other side of said aperture, and cooperating with said connection cable, and an adjustment mechanism connected to a substantially median zone of said connection cable interposed between said two return elements and suitable to adjust the traction of said connection cable.
  • One purpose of the present invention is to obtain a closing device for a sports footwear, such as a ski boot or snowboard boot or suchlike, which is simple and comfortable to use, even if the user is wearing gloves, and which allows the user to set the degree or intensity of closure of the boot depending on his/her own needs.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to obtain a closing device which uniformly distributes the closing force over a wide zone of the sports footwear.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to obtain a closing device which is both simple and economical and which has increased resistance.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • a closing device is suitable to be used in a sports footwear, such as a ski boot, a snowboard boot or suchlike, with a main structure which defines an internal compartment suitable to contain the user's foot and provided with an aperture and at least one closing element, which is suitable to selectively close the aperture and clamp the user's foot inside the above-mentioned compartment.
  • the closing device comprises an actuation member pivoted to the main structure and cooperating with at least a connection cable attached to the closing element.
  • the closing device also comprises at least two return elements, which are attached to the closing element and which cooperate with the connection cable, and an adjustment mechanism which is connected to a substantially median zone of the connection cable and is interposed between the two return elements.
  • the adjustment mechanism is suitable to adjust the traction of the connection cable.
  • the ends of the connection cable are attached to the actuation member on opposite sides with respect to the adjustment mechanism.
  • the closing device according to the present invention allows the distribution of the closing force over a wide zone of the sports footwear, obtained with a single actuation member.
  • the adjustment mechanism allows the user to adjust the intensity of the closing force of the boot, according to his/her own needs.
  • the actuation member is substantially C-shaped and comprises two arms connected to each other by a handgrip and pivoted to the main structure. Moreover, each of the ends of the connection cable is attached to one of the two arms.
  • the handgrip of the actuation member is of a size suitable to be gripped by the user with several fingers of the hand, and is comfortable to use, even wearing ski gloves.
  • the adjustment mechanism comprises a toothed strip, which is disposed sliding inside clamping means and has one end connected substantially to the center of the connection cable.
  • the clamping means are suitable to selectively clamp the toothed strip in order to adjust the traction of the connection cable.
  • the adjustment mechanism comprises both a screw element having one end connected substantially to the center of the connection cable and also a knob suitable to selectively adjust the position of the screw element so as to adjust the traction of the connection cable.
  • the adjustment mechanism is disposed substantially at the center of the two arms of the actuation member. Moreover, the adjustment mechanism is pivoted on a pin passing through the above-mentioned two arms. The ends of the connection cable are attached respectively to the ends of the pin, at opposite sides of the two arms.
  • connection cable is disposed substantially in an M shape with a pair of segments substantially parallel to each other which are disposed between the two arms of the actuation member and the return elements, and two inclined central segments which cooperate with the respective return elements and with the adjustment mechanism.
  • a closing device 10 is mounted on a ski boot 11, or a snowboard boot, of the known type, with a main structure 12 which is substantially rigid and made of plastic material, which defines a lower part 14, in an internal compartment of which a user's foot is suitable to be disposed, and an upper part or cuff 16 which is suitable to contain the ankle and the shin part of the user's leg
  • the main structure 12 is shaped so as to have an aperture 18, which is suitable to facilitate the insertion of the user's foot in the internal compartment of the lower part 14.
  • a tongue 20 is attached to the lower part 14 and is disposed in front of the aperture 18.
  • a second closing element is disposed, which in this case consists of a wall 22.
  • the closing device 10 comprises a lever 24, which acts as an actuation member, is substantially C-shaped ( figs. 1 and 2 ) and comprises two arms 34 connected to each other by a handgrip 32 and with the respective ends each pivoted on a pin 35 mounted on blocks 36 attached to the main structure 12.
  • a lever 24 which acts as an actuation member
  • the closing device 10 comprises a lever 24, which acts as an actuation member, is substantially C-shaped ( figs. 1 and 2 ) and comprises two arms 34 connected to each other by a handgrip 32 and with the respective ends each pivoted on a pin 35 mounted on blocks 36 attached to the main structure 12.
  • the length of the handgrip 32 is 7-8 cm.
  • the arms 34 are more distanced from each other in proximity to the handgrip 32 and nearer to each other in proximity to the blocks 36.
  • connection cable 26 On the arms 34 of the lever 24, between each pin 35 and the handgrip 32, a peg 38 is mounted, at the ends of which, outside the arms 34, the two ends of a connection cable 26 are attached.
  • the latter is disposed through, through two return elements 28, which are attached to the wall 22 and in a median zone thereof, and cooperates with an adjustment mechanism 30 which is disposed substantially at the center of the lever 24.
  • the connection cable 26 is advantageously made of steel and covered by a thin layer of plastic material.
  • the connection cable 26 is disposed substantially in an "M" shape with two parallel segments disposed between the arms 34 and the return elements 28, and two inclined segments, which are more central, disposed between the return elements 28 and the adjustment mechanism 30.
  • the adjustment mechanism 30 ( fig. 2 ) comprises clamping means, which in this case comprise in turn a clamping element 40 in which a toothed strip 42 is disposed sliding.
  • the clamping element 40 comprises a main body 44 which is mounted rotatable on the peg 38 and a clamping portion 46 which is pivoted on the main body 44.
  • the toothed strip 42 is disposed between the main body 44 and the clamping portion 46.
  • the latter rotating with respect to the main body 44, is suitable to selectively free or clamp the sliding of the toothed strip 42, which cooperates slidingly with the connection cable 26 by means of a through hole 48 ( figs. 3, 4 and 5 ). Acting on the adjustment mechanism 30 it is therefore possible to selectively adjust the distance between the peg 38 and the median zone of the connection cable 26 to determine a desired closing force of the boot 11.
  • the lever 24 of the closing device 10 is suitable to be moved from an open position ( fig. 4 ) to a closed position by means of a rotation in a clockwise direction around its pins 35 ( fig. 3 ), passing from an intermediate position ( fig. 5 ).
  • the lever 24, in the closed position ( fig. 3 ), is disposed substantially parallel to the wall of the cuff 16.
  • the connection cable 26 is tense and the closing wall 22, which is close up to the tongue 20, defines a narrowing in the cross section of the cuff 16.
  • the lever 24 is able to return the closing device 10 into the open position by rotating in an anti-clockwise direction ( fig. 4 ), when its handgrip 32 is once again disposed as near as possible to the aperture 18, passing through an intermediate position ( fig. 5 ).
  • the peg 38 In the open position, the peg 38 is in a forward position, leaving the connection cable 26 loose and thus allowing the closing wall 22 to be distanced from the tongue 20, so that the cross section of the cuff 16 widens.
  • each of the arms 34 of the lever 24 comprises a through eyelet 56 ( figs. 3, 4 and 5 ), with an elongated shape and disposed in a longitudinal direction, along which the peg 38 slides.
  • the peg 38 is disposed at the most forward ends of the through eyelets 56, that is, those nearest the pins 35, while in the second operating position the peg 38 is disposed at the ends of the through eyelets 56 which are furthest from the pins 35, so as to bring the ends and the median zone of the connection cable 26 nearer to the return elements 28.
  • the adjustment mechanism 30 comprises a screw element 50 which is substantially connected to the center of the connection cable 26 and a knob 52 suitable to selectively vary the position of the screw element 50 in order to adjust the closing force, that is, the distance between the peg 38 and the center of the connection cable 26.
  • the screw element 50 cooperates with a bushing 54 which, as described above, is assembled on the peg 38.
  • the closing device 10 allows to securely close in the user's foot and shin zone of the leg, distributing the closing force uniformly over a wide area of the cuff 16 of the boot 11.
  • the lever 24 has sizes such as to be comfortably gripped using several fingers (from two to four) of the hand, even when wearing ski gloves.
  • two closing devices 10 are assembled in the boot 11, one disposed in correspondence to the cuff 16, as in fig. 1 , and the other in correspondence to the lower part 14 of the main structure 12.
  • the return elements 28 of the closing device 10 can be attached sliding to the closing wall 22 by means of guides. By selectively moving the return elements 28 on the respective guides it is possible to further adjust the traction of the connection cable 26.
  • the lever 24 can cooperate with a rack which is attached to the main structure 12 and which has a plurality of seatings. In this case, the lever 24 will be selectively pivoted to one of the seatings of the rack in order to adjust the traction of the connection cable 26.

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  1. Schließvorrichtung für ein Sportschuhwerk, wie einen Schistiefel (11), Snowboardstiefel oder dergleichen, mit einer Hauptstruktur (12), die einen Innenraum umgrenzt, welcher zur Aufnahme des Fußes des Benutzers geeignet ist und mit einer Öffnung (18) ausgestattet ist, und einem Schließelement (20, 22), das geeignet ist, die Öffnung (18) selektiv zu schließen und den Fuß im Innenraum selektiv zu klemmen, wobei die Schließvorrichtung ein Bestätigungselement (24) umfasst, das an der Hauptstruktur (1 2) auf einer Seite der Öffnung (18) schwenkbar gelagert ist und mit wenigstens einem an dem Schließelement (20, 22) oder einer anderen Seite der Öffnung (1 8) befestigten Verbindungskabel (26) zusammenwirkt, und weiter wenigstens zwei Rückführelemente (28), die am Schließelement (20, 22) oder an der Hauptstruktur (1 2) oder an der anderen Seite der Öffnung (18) befestigt sind und mit dem Verbindungskabel (26) zusammenwirken, und einen Einstellmechanismus (30) umfasst, der mit einem im Wesentlichen mittleren Bereich des Verbindungskabels (26) verbunden ist, welcher zwischen den beiden Rückführelementen (28) angeordnet ist und geeignet ist, den Zug des Verbindungskabels (26) einzustellen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Enden des Verbindungskabels (26) an entgegengesetzten Seiten in Bezug auf den Einstellmechanismus (30) mit dem Betätigungselement (24) verbunden sind.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Betätigungselement einen im Wesentlichen C-förmigen Hebel (24) umfasst, der wiederum einen Handgriff (32) und zwei Arme (34) umfasst, die an der Hauptstruktur (1 2) schwenkbar gelagert sind, und dass die Enden des Verbindungskabels (26) an den beiden Armen (34) befestigt sind.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Handgriff (32) des Betätigungselements (24) eine geeignete Abmessung hat, um von dem Benutzer mit mehreren Fingern der Hand gegriffen zu werden.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Einstellmechanismus (30) im Wesentlichen in der Mitte der beiden Arme (34) angeordnet ist.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem beliebigen vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Einstellmechanismus (30) eine Zahnleiste (42) umfasst, die in einem Klemmmittel (40) verschiebbar angeordnet ist und deren eines Ende mit dem im Wesentlichen mittleren Bereich des Verbindungskabels (26) verbunden ist, wobei das Klemmmittel (40) geeignet ist, die Zahnleiste (42) selektiv zu klemmen, um den Zug des Verbindungskabels (26) einzustellen.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zahnleiste (42) an einem Ende ein Durchgangsloch umfasst, durch das das Verbindungskabel gleiten kann.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem beliebigen vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Einstellmechanismus (30) ein Schraubelement (50), dessen eines Ende mit dem im Wesentlichen mittleren Bereich des Verbindungskabels (26) verbunden ist, und einen Knopf (52) umfasst, der geeignet ist, die Position des Schraubelements (50) selektiv einzustellen, um den Zug des Verbindungskabels (26) einzustellen.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Einstellmechanismus (30) an einem Stift (38) drehbar angebracht ist, der durch die beiden Arme (34) durchtritt, und dass die Enden des Verbindungskabels (26) an den Enden des Stifts (38) außerhalb der beiden Arme (34) befestigt sind.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verbindungskabel (26) im Wesentlichen in einer M-Form mit einem Paar von im Wesentlichen zueinander parallelen Abschnitten angeordnet ist, die zwischen den Armen (34) und den Rückführelementen (28) angeordnet sind, und zwei schräg verlaufenden und zentralen Abschnitten, die zwischen den Rückführelementen (28) und dem Einstellmechanismus (30) angeordnet sind.
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