Claims
- 1. An article of sport footwear comprising:
- a boot shell having a rearward region wherein a heel area included between respective lateral sides of the shell is located,
- a cutout extending at least partway between said lateral sides in the heel area to provide two opposed flaps,
- a bootleg associated with the boot shell at said lateral sides, said bootleg having a front opening and a rear portion continuous with opposite sides of said bootleg,
- bootleg fastener means including first and second anchor members on the bootleg, and a closure device which can be tensioned in an adjustable manner between said anchor members to close said front opening,
- a heel area clamping device including an eave pivotable on said shell at said cutout and extending at least in part between said shell and said rear portion of said bootleg and means for swinging said eave to a working position where it is urged toward a forward region of the shell, wherein said means for swinging said eave are operated directly by said bootleg fastener means,
- wherein said means for swinging said eave comprise at least one of said anchor members being associated slidingly with the bootleg, and a tie between said sliding anchor member and said eave for swinging said eave to said working position upon said bootleg fastener means being tightened, and
- wherein said sliding anchor member has limited sliding movement on said bootleg such that, upon said bootleg fastener means being tightened, a first actuation of said eave consequently of the sliding movement of said anchor member on the bootleg and a second actuation of said eave consistent with a corresponding tightening of the bootleg take place.
- 2. Footwear according to claim 1, wherein said eave embraces the two flaps of the shell on exterior surfaces of the two flaps.
- 3. Footwear according to claims 1 or 2, wherein the eave and bootleg are pivoted on the shell in the same places.
- 4. Footwear according to claims 1 or 2, wherein one of said anchor members is a base to which a lever of the fastener means is pivoted, said base being connected to the tie by a peg passed through a slot formed in the bootleg, said slot including opposed longitudinal ends and extending in a sliding direction of the base, said peg forming, in co-operation with the opposed longitudinal ends of the slot, means of limiting the sliding stroke of the base on the bootleg.
- 5. Footwear according to claims 1 or 4, wherein an elastic bias device biasing said eave to a rest position is provided between said shell and said eave.
- 6. An article of forward entrance sport footwear, comprising:
- a boot shell having a rearward region wherein a heel area included between respective lateral sides of the shell is located;
- a cutout extending at least partway between said lateral sides in the heel area to provide two opposed flaps,
- a bootleg associated with the boot shell at said lateral sides, said bootleg having a front opening and a rear portion continuous with opposite sides of said bootleg,
- a bootleg fastener including first and second anchor members and a closure device which can be tensioned in an adjustable manner between said anchor members to close said front opening,
- a heel area clamping device including an eave pivotable on said shell at said cutout and extending at least in part between said shell and said rear portion of said bootleg, said eave being coupled to said bootleg fastener so that operation of said bootleg fastener swings said eave into a working position where it is urged toward said front opening of said bootleg.
- 7. An article of footwear according to claim 6, wherein said bootleg fastener is coupled to said eave by a tie having one end attached to said bootleg fastener and another end fixedly attached to said eave.
- 8. An article of footwear according to claims 6 or 7, wherein at least one of said anchor members is slidingly attached to the bootleg to allow limited sliding movement on said bootleg such that during a first actuation of said bootleg fastener said eave is urged forward due to a sliding movement of said anchor member without tightening said bootleg, and during a further actuation of said bootleg fastener said eave is further urged forward with a corresponding tightening of the bootleg.
- 9. An article of footwear according to claim 6, wherein said eave and bootleg are pivoted on the shell in the same places.
- 10. An article of footwear according to claim 6, wherein one of said anchor members is a base to which a lever of the fastener means is pivoted, said base being connected to the tie by a peg passed through a slot formed in the bootleg, said slot including opposed longitudinal ends and extending in a sliding direction of the base, said peg forming, in co-operation with the opposed longitudinal ends of the slot, means of limiting the sliding stroke of the base on the bootleg.
- 11. An article of footwear according to claim 6, wherein an elastic bias device associated with said eave for biasing said eave to a rest position is provided.
- 12. A forward entrance ski boot, comprising:
- a boot shell having a rearward region wherein a heel area included between respective lateral sides of the shell is located,
- a cutout extending at least partway between said lateral sides in the heel area to provide two opposed flaps,
- a bootleg associated with the boot shell at said lateral sides, said bootleg having a front opening and a rear portion continuous with opposite sides of said bootleg,
- a bootleg fastener including first and second anchor members anchored on the bootleg, and a closure device which can be tensioned in an adjustable manner between said anchor members for closing said front opening,
- a heel area clamping device including an eave pivotable on said shell at said cutout and extending at least in part between said shell and said rear portion of said bootleg and means for swinging said eave to a working position where it is urged toward a forward region of the shell, wherein means for swinging said eave are operated directly by said bootleg fastener,
- wherein said means for swinging said eave comprise at least one of said anchor members being associated slidingly with the bootleg, and a tie between said sliding anchor member and said eave for swinging said eave to said working position upon said bootleg, fastener means being tightened.
- 13. The ski boot of claim 12, wherein said sliding anchor member has limited sliding movement on said bootleg such that during a first tightening of said bootleg fastener said anchor member slides and said tie urges said eave forward without tightening said bootleg, and during a subsequent tightening of said bootleg fastener said bootleg is tightened.
- 14. An article of sport footwear according to claim 6, wherein said bootleg fastener is coupled to said eave by a strap connected at one end to said shell, extending about a rearwardly facing surface of said eave and connected at an opposite end to said bootleg fastener.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 08/279,346 filed Jul. 22, 1994 now abandoned.
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