Closure

A shoe of the sneaker type. This sneaker is provided with a shoelace or shoe string having branch strings or with a plural number of strings so that said string or strings may be tightened across the instep at a plural number of spots on the shoe. By this, the shoe can be tightened for fitting by the...     

A buckle for securing a pair of opposed closure flaps of an athletic boot comprises a catch mounted to one of the flaps and a latch mounted adjacent to the catch on the opposite flap. A wireform is mounted to the latch by means of a shaft pivoted on the latch, the shaft being threaded into a wireform...     

A pair of impactor elements are fixedly attached to a football shoe along the side and even with the top and sides of the arch of the foot. These impactors are provided with planar ball impacting surfaces which materially increase the area of contact between the shoe and the football. These impactor...     

A footwear fastening system having a lace with spaced knobs or protrusions to engage in shaped holes or eyelets, the holes or eyelets having a slot portion into which the portion of the lace between the knobs or protrusions can be engaged.

Disclosed is a shoe which utilizes a flap, tab, strap, or straps attached to one or both sides of the shoe to maintain a direct constant tautness with independent control of tautness across the toes, arch and ankle. The flap, tab(s), strap, or straps have a flexible and continuously variable attachment...     

A common style of sports shoe which is generally recognized as providing maximum support for the foot has an upper with a foot-receiving opening which includes a slot or elongated gap or notch extending forwards and downwards over the instep of the foot, said shoe also having on the upper a tongue which...     

A generally conventional shoe having flaps with eyelets therethrough has laces extending from the eyelets in one flap through the eyelets in the other. A patch of "Velcro" type fastener fabric is secured to a leather patch having eyelets receiving the laces outwardly of the other flap and may be pulled...     

A foot warmer constructed of a stiff insulating foam material such as polystyrene, is illustrated having a displaceable front end panel providing an opening when displaced for receiving a wearer's shoe, boot, and the like enabling the foot warmer to be readily placed upon the foot and the front end panel...     

A molded athletic boot such as an ice skate boot or ski boot is formed of a lower portion to which is hinged an upper. The lower includes an upstanding extension on each side of the forward instep portion to which flexible straps are secured. The extensions are crossed and the straps pass through apertures...     

A new and improved cinch-type closure is provided for athletic footwear. The closure serves the combined functions of securing the athletic footwear in comfort to the wearer's foot, maintaining the primary shoe fastener, i.e., tied laces, tightly intact, and contributing to the overall support of the...     

A retaining plate has at least two succeeding female detent means for receiving one end of a strap, which is received and retained at its other end in female detent means of a buckle. The female detent means in the retaining plate are covered by a cap, which consists of extensible material and is provided...     

Fastening means for sports shoes comprise a lace, a tension cable or the like, which is guided over guide elements which consists of buckles and are provided with rollers or the like. One end of the lace is provided with a detachable, spring-loaded one-way clip, in which the other end of the lace is...     

The boot has closing flaps and a fastening. The fastening includes a first tension member guided alternately between the closing flaps by guides, to cover an insertion opening in the upper part of the boot located in the vicinity of the instep, as well as a tightening fastener connected to the end of...     

A molded plastics material boot, for example a ski boot, in which a rigid sole has a rigid shell upper molded integrally therewith, the rigid shell having first and second relatively movable portions, and at least one closure element for clamping the portions in a closed position on a wearers foot. Each...     

A fastener for footwear having two opposed lacing flaps has a rotatable elongated body member having two oppositely disposed groups of two or more arms. The arms of each group are pivotally and eccentrically connected to the body member and are arranged in a series along the body member which allows...     

A lacing assembly for a shoe, and particularly an athletic shoe, in which the side quarters include separate lower and upper vamp sections that are secured by a single lace extending therebetween. A clamp connects the lace at the lower vamp section, while the lace is secured separately at the upper vamp...     

A boot for a walking cast which includes a foot enclosure portion that is weathertight for the foot part of the cast, and which is integrally connected with an upwardly extended leg portion for covering the lower portion of the leg part of a walking cast. The foot enclosure portion is provided with an...     

There is disclosed an athletic shoe that finds most efficacy with joggers. The shoe is supplied with a conventional upper and sole. The usual lacing arrangement is provided with the exception that additional lacing means is provided along both sides of the shoe whereby the counter containing heel portion...     

A supine exercise device adapted to develop strength in the leg, arm and chest muscles of the human body, comprising a pair of moccasin-like stirrups constituted of canvas or heat cloth, for cradling the feet respectively. Each stirrup has a pair of pull cords emanating from a saddle portion above the...     

A shoe fastener, particularly for skiing boots, including a tightening member which acts on a tension element, and a device for fixing the tension element and for selecting the effective length thereof. The device for fixing the tension element includes a groove which tapers toward its bottom and extends...     

An expandible slip-over protector elasticized at the top and adapted to cover most or all of a bowling shoe has a zipper to go over shoestrings, a flexible, non-absorbent sole fabric under the zipper for protecting the shoestrings and a stabilizer strip centrally located in the heel portion.

A closure system is provided for a front entry ice skate sports boot having a top, an ankle portion with a back, a front opening, and sides extending above the ankle bone of a wearer, and an upper with a front opening. A plurality of guide means are disposed on the upper on opposite sides of the front...     

A closure assembly for footwear including ski boots in which a closure member having a lever end, engagement tooth and latch end is associated with a slotted tooth section molded on the footwear shell to open and close sections of the footwear.

The fastener comprises two fastener members, one of which consists of a tension strap and the other of a strap retainer. One of the fastener members is provided with teeth, which are interengageable with a tensioning lever, which is associated with the other fastener member. Strap-restraining means are...     

A tensioning lever is mounted on one part of the shoe. A tension loop is mounted on another part of the shoe and adapted to be hooked into the tensioning lever. The tensioning lever can be moved along a rack to tension the fastener and is restrained by releasable means against being pulled back. Before...     

A shoe having a sole, an upper formed from a relatively soft and extensible material, a lacing strip and a bandage connecting the lacing strip with the sole. The bandage is formed from a material which is less extensible than the material of the upper. The bandage includes an elongated portion and a...     

This foot protector includes a front portion providing protection for the toes and instep of the wearer and a rear portion protecting the ankles and heel, the protector being open at the bottom. The rear portion of the protector includes heel side margins extending downwardly from the top of the protector...     

There is disclosed an athletic shoe that finds most efficacy with joggers. The shoe is supplied with a conventional upper and sole. The usual lacing arrangement is provided with the exception that additional lacing means is provided along both sides of the shoe whereby the counter containing heel portion...     

An insulated boot blanket of a light weight moisture impervious insulated material adapted to be worn over the shoe or boot-enclosed foot. The boot blanket is provided with either one or three piece construction, is provided side straps which facilitate both the insertion of the shoe-enclosed foot into...     

In an athletic shoe having a pocket, generally disposed laterally and mounted upon the quarter portion for the shoe, the pocket comprises a liner of material, or a pair of the same, each stitched or otherwise fastened to the side of the shoe, so that the front and back edges of the pocket are confiningly...     

An overshoe is provided having improved means for facilitating its being put on or taken off, especially over bulky or unusually shaped footwear. The overshoe is provided with opposing apertures on either side of the ankle, extending from almost the heel, vertically to the top of the ankle of the overshoe....     

A sports shoe or boot having an upper and a shaft or leg plate is provided with a tightening system comprising a tightening member and a pull cord. The pull cord is arranged in turns over the openable closing flaps of the upper and is protected by a covering tongue. A turn of the pull cord is guided...     

An athletic shoe upper construction comprises a vamp with an elongated throat opening and a one-piece reinforcement of non-stretchable material. The one-piece reinforcement has a lacing hole reinforcing portion which is secured to the vamp of the upper adjacent to and surrounding the throat opening,...     

A footwear article such as an athletic shoe is disclosed. The article has a closure which in a preferred embodiment takes the form of flap means incorporating a lace. The flap means is secured at one end to the upper and extends across an access opening down the front of the shoe and can be releasably...     

The shoe tongue holder assembly includes a vamp including oppositely disposed upper portions overlying a tongue, and a securing assembly for interconnecting the upper portions of the vamp for selectively adjusting the fit of the upper portions of the vamp over and on the tongue and adjusting the fit...     

A convertible shoe having a sole and releasable upper strap portions. Anchoring means attached to the sole edge cooperate with ring means at the ends of the strap portions to releasable secure the upper and sole portions.

A protective boot for pet animals has a sole member and a flexible upper attached together around their corresponding front and side edges, with the back of the boot left open for direct easy paw insertion. The upper is designed to be folded over on itself, or pleated, longitudinally to bring it into...     

A tying device for shoelaces which can be attached to the shoe and serves to maintain tied laces in their disposition. The device includes a body portion which remains exposed for viewing by the public and an eyelet member which receives the laces for securing the device to the shoe. An elastic band...     

A step-in type overshoe composed of a molded plastic material which in its relaxed condition has a plurality of accordion-type pleats formed therein with their fold lines being generally horizontal. The overshoe has a flexible instep area arranged to be deformed upon receiving the toe of a shoe, together...     

A fastening mechanism for joining together separable portions of an article including, for each portion, a track with sliders connected together by bridge connectors to limit the movement of the sliders along the track, the sliders and/or bridge connectors on opposite tracks being connected by adjustable...     

The invention is a boot with a foot portion and a leg portion of flexible repellant material, said leg portion comprising an elongate V-shaped gusset in the flexible leg portion with its upper edge at the upper edge of the flexible leg portion, an elongated flap coextensive with one side of the gusset,...     

A shoe particularly a sportshoe, has a side lacing (1) with a slit (2) extending from an edge (4) of a foot opening (3) toward a toe area at the outside of the shoe over a part of the upper (5) of the shoe, and a tongue (10) covering from below the side lacing, said tongue being according to the invention...     

By reducing the number of basic elements to three, the sole, a first thong forming a loop which engages the space between the big toe and the adjacent toe of the wearer, and a second thong which is continuous and is coupled to the loop formed by the first thong and forms, in sequence, a forward-foot...     

This lacing assembly is for use with an article of footwear and includes lower and upper vamp sections connected by a single continuous lace. The lower vamp section includes opposed vamp portions having lace-receiving elements at the lower portion and upwardly adjacent lace-receiving locking elements...     

The invention disclosed relates to an improvement for tying devices which are secured to shoes for holding the shoelace knot in place. In the embodiment disclosed, the invention incorporates elastic means for engaging the shoelace knot from opposed sides to impede the knot from becoming untied while...     

A fastener for sports shoes, particularly for skiing boots or mountaineering boots, comprises a base member (1), which is adapted to be secured to one side part of the quarter of the shoe and is provided with a track (10), which extends in the direction in which the fastener is to be tightened. That...     

In a pocket for footwear and designed to be the type to wraparound the upper front segment of the shoe, the wraparound pocket comprising a pair of liners, one being an inner liner, the other being an outer liner, approximately one end of the formed pocket securing with a proximate upper quarter portion...     

In an instep support for footwear, as for example in athletic shoes, strap or band member(s) extend upwardly and angularly forwardly from the insole, or the insole insert, for the shoe, and incorporate a fastening device at the band ends, so that they can be either secured together over the instep of...     

The invention disclosed relates to an improvement for tying devices which can be secured to laces particularly on shoes for holding the shoelace knot in place. The device disclosed employs a mechanism for securing a portion of the device to the shoe and enabling the device to be reused for securing a...     

The invention provides a sports shoe comprising a sole, and an upper having flaps with opposed edges adapted to be drawn together over the instep of the wearer with a shoelace, said opposed edges substantially meeting in a region extending from the leg opening of the shoe towards the toe to a point where...     

Sport shoe, particularly adapted to use in cross-country skiing, including a sole, a vamp, and an overshoe. The vamp is positioned in the overshoe and includes a tightening means for tightening the vamp around the instep. Both the vamp and the overshoe include a posterior portion surrounding the rear...     

A boot, particularly for sports use, consisting of a boot to which a legging is coupled by an articulation and houses an internal element. The boot includes a vamp which is provided with a legging which holds, at the height of the malleolus of the wearer's foot, articulated elements which hinge to the...     

A sports shoe is described in which the conventional laces are replaced by one or more straps having sticky cloth surfaces including two component fabrics of different composition adapted to stick together in the nature of the material sold under the trademark VELCRO. The strap is passed through an eyelet...     

A fastening mechanism for the bootlace of a boot, which includes two upright and serrated side edges provided on either side of a cut-open portion of a boot to form teeth and notches all along the length of the edges, each tooth having an eyelet and projecting upward in the same direction of a lace running...     

A knot latch device for footwear is disclosed having structure readily adapted to receive a shoelace. The shoelace is then bowed about a portion of the knot latch device, and the knot latch device then folded about the bowed lace. The knot latch device includes a plurality of mating hook and loop elements...     

An athletic shoe includes a sole portion (12) for disposal adjacent the sole of the foot, an upper (14) secured to sole portion (12) about the periphery thereof and cooperating with sole portion (12) to enclose the foot of the wearer and an inner support covering (16) for disposal about the ankle of...     

The shoe tongue holder assembly includes a vamp including oppositely disposed upper portions overlying a tongue, and a securing assembly for interconnecting the upper portions of the vamp for selectively adjusting the fit of the upper portions of the vamp over and on the tongue and adjusting the fit...     

An athletic shoe comprises a conventional rubber-like sole which is secured to a conventional fabric or leather upper defining a lengthwise extending slot overlying a tongue secured to the rear end of the toe portion of the upper. A plurality of pliant retaining bands are employed to effect the securement...     

An article of footwear comprising a unitary shell enveloping the foot, having a heel collar and an incision therein adapted to accommodate an inserted foot and including an intrinsic pattern of elastic interconnections between predetermined points on the shell corresponding to locations analogous to...     

A child's lace shoe featuring, in one aspect, an upper having a rim, a pair of overlapping edge portions defining a fastenable opening extending from the rim in a forward and downward direction, and a pair of fastening elements affixed respectively to the overlapping edges and arranged to mate by pressing...     

Substantially flexible means fixedly held approximate the upper edges of the quarter portions for footwear, such as of the casual or athletic shoe category, and for use for cooperating with state of the art closure means for aiding in the retention of the closure means and the shoe about the foot of...     

A speed lace structure for footwear that allows the footwear to be put on and tightened up quickly. The speed lace structure comprises lacer assemblies and rivet assemblies combinatively secured to a footwear quarter. Each lacer assembly is formed with a lacer loop portion having peripheral lips and...     

The present invention relates to an improved tie system (10) for shoes (13), and comprises an elongated strap element (17) that passes under the arch (21) of a user's foot (20), over the top of the shoes (13) and encircles the user's ankle (22) to produce a generally figure eight wrapping configuration.

Sports shoes having a string passage aperture and a string passage ring, each of which are arranged at both sides of a forward opening of an upper cover, opposing to each other and along a longitudinal direction of the shoe in order to engage a shoe string and tightly close the forward opening, in which...     

A footwear incorporating one or more of straps that cooperate with the upper reinforced edges of the quarter portions for the shoe, so that when the straps are folded over they are tightly held in place by means of fasteners, such as a hook and pile style fastener, or other fastener, or other style of...     

A shoe has a device to provide an audible message such as a song or a word message. In one form, a shoe such as a child's shoe of the hook and loop variety has a stored audible message such as a micro circuit mounted on the shoe, or may receive an audible message such as an audible radio message. The...     

A wet suit boot having a foot portion attached to a tongue and an ankle portion in which the ankle portion includes two wrap-around flaps one of which is releasably connectable to the outside of the tongue and the other of which is releasably connectable to the outside of the first flap.

A jogging shoe includes a shoelace of folded-over retroflective fabric or tape terminated at each end with a firm tip of diameter less than that of the lace openings in the shoe.

A sports shoe, preferably for tennis includes a rigid stirrup member with a pair of first portions that extend downwardly and rearwardly, on opposite sides of the shoe, to the sole, and a second portion that extends around the back of the shoe and is connected between the first portions. The first portion...     

An athletic shoe employs a pair of spring structures in such a way that an arm of a Y-shaped spring on one side of the ankle fastens under tension to a corresponding arm of a spring on the other side of the ankle. The springs are preferably of sheet material conforming to and affixed to the upper. The...     

A riding boot has lengthwise pleats down the back secured together by Velcro fasteners. In the event a rider falls from a horse and the rider's foot is caught in a stirrup, the Velcro fasteners burst open allowing the pleats to unfold so that the rider's foot can be substantially instantaneously released...     

Shoe (100) fasteners (10) which include multiple elastic strips (11 to 15) connected between spaced apart eyelets (101) in the shoe and which are provided with unitary indicia (20 or 21) on at least two of the strips are described. Preferably loops (19) are held in place in tension in the eyelets by...     

Golf shoes which provide for maximum traction and foot support during the rolling of the feet at the extremes of the golf swing. The golf shoes include a side heel with a second bottom which is inclined with respect to the first bottom. The second bottom in combination with pads on opposite sides of...     

An athletic shoe employs a pair of spring structures in such a way that an arm of a Y-shaped spring on one side of the ankle fastens under tension to a corresponding arm of a spring on the other side of the ankle. The springs are preferably of sheet material conforming to and affixed to the upper. The...     

A removable lace cover strap adapted for use about the instep of a shoe having a knotted lace to prevent the untying thereof, has an elongated strap with an elastic medial portion and opposite end portions with hook and loop fastener patches for attaching the opposite end portions to each other.

A laced, lightweight athletic shoe which provides enhanced foot stability and comfort includes a top of a lightweight, flexible material, a U-shaped lacing margin stitched to the top and defining a lacing opening, and a reinforcing cover stitched to an overlying portion of the top. Inner and outer lateral...     

A boot cover fits around the top of a boot and closes the gap or space between the top edge of the boot and the cover. In one form, the cover is made from plastic and has a groove that fits around the top edge of the boot. In another form, the cover comprises a deformable insert made of plastic, or like...     

A footwear stabilizer for athletic shoes comprising a sole, an upper attached to the sole and having an opening, and a tongue to complete the opening. Exterior stabilizer means comprising a collar compliant about the ankle and stiff vertically, and a pair of stiffening elements attached to and pivoted...     

An article of molded athletic footwear is provided in the form of a skate, running shoe or the like. The article of footwear comprises a molded, substantially rigid, lower shell portion which is adapted to receive and substantially encase the sole, toe and heel of a wearer. The instep portion of the...     

A shoelace lock including top and bottom plates that cross and grip the laces as the top plate is rotated 180 degrees to the bottom plate and snap locked thereto.

A sandal with an elongated sole configured to the profile of a human footprint with a toe end and a heel end, employs a toe strap connected at two anchor points to grip the forward part of user's foot and a heel strap connected at two anchor points to grip the ankle of a user's foot with a lateral strap...     

A releasable fastening device for use in joining straps, laces, filaments and the like is disclosed. The fastening device may be used to join the laces or closure components of a shoe, for example, or in any of various devices in which filaments, straps and the like are advantageously bound in a quick...     

A shoe construction for providing girthing support to the midfoot region of the foot is disclosed. The present invention provides for adjusting the perimeter of the transverse girth of a shoe in the midfoot region under varying conditions of loading. When the foot is in an unloaded condition, the dynamic...     

A lightweight athletic shoe includes reinforcing members which provide added strength and lateral support without detracting from breathability, comfort or flexibility. The reinforcing members extend upwardly from between the sole and the upper or opposite sides of the shoe to the forward portion of...     

A skate boot is described which includes an overlapping tension strap extending from the medial side of the outer sole to the medial lacing band, and the lacing passes through eyelets provided in the tension strap. The lacing bands are arranged such that in the bottom portion thereof below the tarsis,...     

A receptacle residing within a recess in the sole of a shoe includes an opening located along the edge of the shoe. A lug, receivable through the opening within the receptacle is carried by a flap extending from the upper of the shoe. An indentation carried by the lug is matingly engageable with a protrusion...     

A boot or shoe has a gaiter, the lower end of which is permanently affixed by a waterproof join to the boot or shoe's outer surface, circumscribing the said boot or shoe above the sole. The gaiter has an opening extending down from the top, and a fastener, which when closed helps to keep the gaiter in...     

A foot support structure attached to the outsole of a shoe to provide support to the medial arch and to girth the midfoot in a sling configuration is disclosed. The support structure includes a plurality of sling straps attached to the outsole in positions beneath the upper and lower columns of the foot....     

This lacing assembly is for use with an article of footwear and includes lower and upper vamp sections connected by a single continuous lace. The lower vamp section includes opposed vamp portions having lace-receiving eyelets including opposed upper end locking eyelets. The upper vamp section includes...     

Athletic shoe comprised of a sole (1) to which is attached a vamp (2), of which the upper anterior portion contains a slit (3) associated with a system (6) for tightening the shoe and covered with a closing flap (7). A yoke (11) fastened to the sole extends inside the vamp to the slit (3) and is secured...     

A shoe including a sole; an upper with a pair of first slits and a pair of second slits; a lace; an adhering band set having a number of pins formed on corresponding ends; a first cover element which is combinable with the shoe through the pair of first slits, the first cover element including a first...     

Footwear Fastener is a logical and comfortable alternative to lacking shoes. It will adapt to any shoe. A zipper with loops sewn on the bottom and buttons on top allow the show wearer to lace the loops through existing eyelets and hook around the buttons. To tighten the fit of the shoe the wearer wraps...     

A sport shoe comprising a lower tongue for engaging a foot pivotably secured to an upper tongue for engaging a leg and a tightening member coupled to the upper tongue. The tightening member extends forwardly from the upper tongue to overlay and movably engage the lower tongue to dynamically tighten and...     

An article of footwear comprising a unitary shell enveloping the foot, having a heel collar and an incision therein adapted to accommodate an inserted foot and including an intrinsic pattern of elastic interconnections between predetermined points on the shell corresponding to locations analogous to...     

An adjustable shoe to properly fit a wear's heel, midfoot, forefoot and toes. The lower edges of first and second body members are securely attached to the first and second side edges, respectively, of a sole member from a point conterminous with the midline of the toe end of the sole member to points...     

A protective shoe is disclosed herein for use in the martial arts. The shoe provides a protective shoe upper and an elastic strap which is wrapped partially around the foot to snugly secure the shoe to the foot.

A high top athletic shoe has partial quarters terminating in spaced relationship to each other, in combination with a rear subassembly with inner and outer portions. The inner portion includes a substantially rigid lower counter portion and a soft, flexible Y-shaped upper rear portion forming a tendon...     

A lace fastener has upper and lower jaws and a latch to selectively hold the jaws in their closed position. The lower jaw has an opening through which the lace is inserted into the fastener. The upper jaw is arced so that, in the closed position, the up sides of the jaws form an elliptical opening. The...     

An improved lacing system for footwear which features a novel flat or rectangular cross section lace, an improved eyelet construction having an essentially straight lace bearing edge which ensures threading of the lace in a flatwise or untwisted manner, a parallel slot frictional engagement means for...     

A securing device for shoes includes a lace which co-operates with a shoe's eyelets, and first and second tab members secured to opposite end portions of the lace. The device may alternatively include a plurality of lace segments. The tab members include hook and loop-type strips which co-operate to...