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7293373 Lace system for footwear  
A boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a boot more convenient for the wearer is disclosed. The boot may be provided with at least two...
7281342 Article of footwear with linkage-tightening device  
A lace-up device for tightening an article of footwear, providing for the tieing of the lacing without causing discomfort to the user's hands, as well as to the article of footwear equipped with...
7281341 Lace system for footwear  
A boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a boot more convenient for the wearer is disclosed. The boot may be provided with at least two...
7219444 Boot liner with ankle and heel volume control  
An article of footwear, such as a snowboard boot liner, made of deformable material has a rear tensioning system for reducing the volume of the footwear in the heel region. The footwear has a front...
7159340 Boot for sporting activities  
A boot having a sole and an upper, the boot extending longitudinally between a heel and a tip, the upper having an outer envelope and an inner envelope, the boot having a mechanism for tightening...
7134224 Laced boot  
A laced boot having a boot lace and sections of the boot lace run in a continuous one-piece manner as follows: a first section runs from the metatarsal area of the sole over the instep of the boot;...
7086181 Article of footwear  
An article of footwear of the type that includes upper, an outer sole, and the following elements, listed from the inside toward the outside of the article of footwear: a comfort liner; a frame for...
7082701 Footwear variable tension lacing systems  
Variable tension footwear lacing systems and methods permit and facilitate adjustment of selected zones by a user. In an embodiment, stop devices are used with a footwear lacing system to prevent...
7065906 Shoe closure system  
The present invention relates to a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, having a flexible upper surrounding a foot, a closure panel arranged on an instep area of the flexible upper, and a tightening...
7062867 Apparatus, system, and method for securing a foot in footwear  
Apparatuses and methods for securing a foot in a footwear item and a footwear item using the apparatus are provided. Pivot members are disposed on opposing sides of a closure configured to secure...
7040042 Ski boot  
An alpine ski boot is provided that consists of a rigid sole and a shell-less substantially flexible upper portion that is attached to the sole. The boot is secured to the wearer's foot by laces or...
6993859 Snowboard boot with liner harness  
A boot ( 200 ), such as a snowboard boot, having a harness assembly ( 240 ) disposed in an outer shell ( 210 ). The harness defines a vamp gap and includes a plurality of cord keepers ( 268 )...
6978558 Snowboard boot strap anchor  
A snowboard boot strap anchor is described. The strap anchor includes a raised portion having at least three mounting locations, and a thin base portion associated with the raised portion for...
6971190 Foot retention device  
A foot retention device ( 20, 100 ) includes a rigid vertical strut ( 40 ) and a springy band ( 30 ) disposed adjacent to an exterior side of the strut ( 40 ) and configured to flex over the strut...
6954996 Sports boot  
A sports boot including a sole, an upper, at least one flap fixed to the sole or to the upper, the flap covering at least partially a portion of the upper, and at least two keepers and a lace for...
6952891 Boot liner  
A boot liner is configured to adequately obtain a desired sensation of an upper part fitting around the ankle. The boot liner has a sole, an upper part, and a fastening mechanism. The fastening...
6880270 Shoe with magnetic fastener  
An article of clothing includes flexible clothing sheet material having first and second sheet material ends which separate to pass a portion of a wearer body into and out of the article of...
6877256 Boot and liner with tightening mechanism  
A boot ( 100 ), such as a sports boot, having a removable liner ( 160 ) that is adapted to be inserted into an outer shell ( 110 ). The liner includes a vamp gap ( 170 ) with a plurality of cable...
6871423 Shoe lacing  
Shoe lacing kits, laced shoes, and methods of lacing shoes. First and second lacing elements are used to create lacing loops on the exterior of the shoe body. An end of each lacing element is...
6829846 Sports boot including a riveted and adhesively-bonded flap  
A sports boot made up of an upper having first and second elements assembled by bonding and use of a mechanical device. A part of one of the elements permanently covers the mechanical device in...
6802439 Lace-up tightening device for an article of footwear, and an article of footwear equipped with such device  
A lace-up device for tightening an article of footwear, providing for the tieing of the lacing without causing discomfort to the user's hands, as well as to the article of footwear equipped with...
6779284 Variable-rigidity sports boot  
The boot for gliding sports, particularly for skiing, comprises a rigid shell ( 2 ) for partially surrounding a user's foot, a collar ( 3 ) articulated on the shell ( 2 ), and an inner boot, said...
6775928 Lacing system for skates  
A skate upper ( 120 ) of the type having an elongate vamp ( 122 ) with lace keepers ( 123 ) and a tongue ( 130 ) disposed generally in the vamp is provided with an attached lace locker. The lace...
6772540 Boot  
A boot that includes a sole and an outer upper having an impervious portion, with at least one outer reinforcing element assembled to the upper by cementing at least in the impervious portion...
6763614 Athletic shoe  
The present invention provides an athletic shoe offering an easily adjustable support for the wearer's ankle, a means for the wearer to quickly put on and remove the shoe, protection to the...
6729048 Footwear having a shell of injection moulded plastic  
The upper part ( 3 ) of the shell ( 1 ), manufactured as one piece from polymer material, of a footwear is divided on the front into two pairs of flaps ( 6 A, 7 A; 6 B, 7 B) by a longitudinal...
6729047 Strap assembly for sport shoe  
A sport shoe has a sole portion and an upper portion fixedly coupled to the sole portion. The upper portion has an inner side section, a center foot section and an outer side section. The first...
6708376 Length adjustment mechanism for a strap  
A length adjustment mechanism for a strap having a row of teeth. The mechanism comprises a pinion for meshing with the row of teeth and a finger operable actuator pivotable in a first direction and...
6694644 Device for clamping together two parts of a sports article  
Device for clamping together two parts of a sports article, including: a rectilinear notched tongue ( 6 ), integral with a first part of the sports article; a guide ( 30 ) integral with the second...
6691433 Automated tightening shoe  
An automated tightening shoe includes a sole, an upper, a closure member, a tightening mechanism and a drive unit. The tightening mechanism includes a first fastener mounted on the upper, and a...
6679516 Device for retaining a boot on a sports apparatus  
A device for retaining a boot on a sports apparatus. The device includes a covering portion, which itself includes a longitudinal reinforcement and a shock-absorbing pad. The hardness of the shock...
6658765 Easy-to-wear footwear  
A lace tightening assembly on a footwear body includes a base mounted to the footwear body, a rotary member mounted rotatably on the base about a rotary axis, a rotary disc unit mounted...
6622400 Sports boot having a transversely adjustable tightening device  
A sports boot, especially a ski boot of the type having a tightening device adapted to keep two flaps close together and including a first portion constituted by an operating lever which has at...
6598322 Shoe with quick tightening upper  
A shoe having at least one elongated shape memory alloy element and an electric circuit which when energized will produce a tightening of the shoe upper around the foot of a wearer. In a preferred...
6594920 Ski boot with variable volume shell  
The top of the shell ( 2 ) made of molded plastic forms part of a flexible upper ( 1 ) in which a longitudinal opening line ( 9 ) forming a flap ( 12 ) is formed. The front lateral side of this...
6568103 Speed lacing device  
A speed lacing device for an article of footwear having a rigid portion comprising a curved neck and a fastening tail that together define an almost-friction-free sliding surface for a lacing cord,...
6560898 Liner lacing with heel locking  
A liner having an envelope made in a single piece and provided with an opening for the introduction of the foot. The opening is a slit made on one side of the envelope demarcated by a pair of...
6543159 Snowboard boot and binding strap  
One aspect of the invention is a removable strap for a snowboard boot to preventing the rider's foot from lifting in the boot. The ankle strap enables a soft boot to be used with both a strap-less...
6536138 Device for positioning a pair of overlapping flaps  
A device for guiding a flap of a closure and, more particularly, a flap of a closure of an article of footwear. More particularly, the invention is directed to an article of footwear in the form of...
6502329 Footwear article using a criss-crossing lacing pattern  
After purchase of a footwear article of manufacture, such as a sneaker, boot or the like, the substitution for the traditional lacing-up of the article of studs and lace of elastomeric construction...
6488290 Adjustable binding strap for securing a snowboarding boot to a baseplate  
A binding strap for use in a soft boot snowboard binding is provided, the binding strap including a flexible, unitary binding member having an ankle section connected to a toe section by a...
6467195 High boot with lace-tightening device  
A high boot having, on its bottom part that surrounds the foot, a lace-tightening device whose strands are alternatively crossed by means of returns, from one edge to the other of the upper to be...
6467193 Boot liner  
A boot liner basically includes a sole portion, an upper portion and a tightening device. A tongue is preferably mounted in a slit formed in the upper portion. The tightening device is coupled to...
6460274 Footwear part of a boot or equipment involving a footwear component  
According to the invention, this footwear part ( 1 ) comprises a structural part ( 2 ) formed by a rigid sole ( 10 ), an enclosing edge ( 11 ) integral with the front part of this sole ( 10 ) and a...
6446362 Multiposition boot strap mount  
The present invention is directed to a strap assembly ( 150 ) for a sports boot ( 100 ), that includes a first strap ( 151 ) pivotally connected at one end to the boot heel portion ( 130 ), and a...
6412794 Fastening assembly and method for securing footwear to a binding  
A fastening assembly and method for fastening a strap, such as a snowboard binding strap. A fastener may have guide members to facilitate the introduction of an engagement member with the fastener....
6351897 Athletic shoe  
The present invention provides an athletic shoe offering an easily adjustable support for the wearer's ankle, a means for the wearer to quickly put on and remove the shoe, protection to the...
6293566 Unitary strap for use in a soft boot snowboard binding  
A binding strap for use in a soft boot snowboard binding is provided, the binding strap including a flexible, unitary binding member having an ankle section connected to a toe section by a...
6289558 Footwear lacing system  
Disclosed is a footwear lacing system comprising a lace attached to a tightening mechanism. The lace is threaded through a series of opposing guide members positioned along the top of the foot and...
6256824 Method of making a lottery shoe  
A shoe and an improved method of shoe construction comprising an upper, an insole, a midsole, and an outsole, that are coupled together to form a housing for receiving a foot, and wherein the...
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