Abstract: A lever which is used in particular in the field of sports shoes and includes a lever arm 5 which is rotatably associated, at one end, with a support 3 which is rigidly coupled to a flap of the shoe. An auxiliary grip lever 11 for the user is associated with the lever arm at the free end and allows to increase the working length of the lever arm, thus ensuring easier closure thereof.

Abstract: A lever fastening device comprises a lever articulated to a base about a first axis and formed in two adjoining portions of which the first has one of its ends articulated to the base on the first axis whereas the second portion is articulated to the opposite end of the first portion about a second axis; a tie element is connected to the second portion in a position spaced from the second axis on the opposite side to the first axis.

Abstract: A fastening device particularly usable for sports shoes, such as roller skates or ice skates or ski boots, includes a base (5) which is associated with a first flap (2) of the shoe and from which there protrude two shoulders (6a, 6b) for the pivoting of a lever arm between which a support for a pawl (14) for selective engagement with a toothed tab (4) is pivoted. The support has at least one lateral protrusion (22) which interacts with a hole (25) formed on shoulder (6a) of the base; this allows to achieve easy snap-closing and snap-opening of the lever arm.

Abstract: A toe-strap including a toothed strap and a plain strap respectively connected to the ski boot binding of a ski at two opposite sides and a buckle fixedly fastened to the plain strap and adapted for securing the toothed strap to the plain strap to hold down a ski boot in the ski boot binding, the buckle including a base frame fixed to the plain strap, a handle pivoted to one end of the base frame, a baffle plate pivoted to the base frame and retained in engagement with the toothed strap by a torsional spring, a front push plate pivoted to the handle and forced downward by a torsional spring and controlled by the handle to push the free end of the toothed strap forwards, and a retainer plate pivoted to the handle remove from the front push plate and forced downward by a torsional spring into engagement with the base frame to lock the handle in the close position.

Abstract: A ratchet buckle for incrementally tightening and quickly releasing a strap, such as a snowboard binding strap and the like. A housing supports a pawl, a release actuator and a drive actuator. The housing slidably receives a serrated strap, which is engaged by the pawl to prevent an inadvertent release from the buckle. The drive actuator allows a user to selectively tighten the strap relative to the buckle. The release actuator is arranged to both disengage the pawl from the strap and separate the buckle from the strap using one continuous motion. The pawl, release actuator and drive actuator may be pivotally mounted to the housing about separate axes, and the drive actuator may be pivotally attached to the release actuator.

Abstract: A securing device includes a base capable of being fixedly disposed on a side of a footwear, a receiving member pivotally connected to the base, a toothed band having a head pivotally connected to the receiving member and an actuating member slidably received in grooves defined in the receiving member. The base has a first hook member extending upwardly therefrom. Two springs are disposed between the receiving member and the actuating member which has a second hook member extending downwardly from a bottom thereof so as to be engaged with the first hook member. The actuating member has two stops extending from the bottom thereof and the receiving member has two slots defined therein for the stops to be movably received therein such that when pushing the actuating member toward the head of the toothed band, the first hook member and the second hook member are disengaged from each other so that the receiving member together with the head of the toothed band can be pivoted to loosen the toothed band.

Abstract: A securing device for footwear includes a receiving member pivotally connected to a base which is fixedly connected to the footwear and a stop extending upwardly therefrom, a toothed band having one end pivotally connected to the receiving member and the other end of the toothed band fixedly connected to a fixing member on the footwear, and an operating member which is pivotally and slidably received in a receiving space defined in the receiving member. The receiving space accesses a lateral side of the receiving member and is defined by a top, an end wall and a bottom in which a slot is defined. The operating member has a limit member extending therefrom and extending through the slot, a hole defined through the operating member so the stop movably received in the hole. An inner periphery defining the hole has a hook member extending therefrom so as to engage with the stop when tightening the toothed band and disengaged with the stop when pushing the operating member in the receiving space.

Abstract: A shoe fastener with a rotary actuating element (35) that has a pulley (3) coupled thereto via a self-locking reduction gear which is in the form of an eccentric drive (10, 12). An unwinding gear is pivotally mounted in a housing (1) of the fastener and is formed of a disk (24) having a grooved outer catch rim (26). The unwinding gear can be fixed in any of several angular positions via a catch element (42) which can be released via a tension element (47) which, at the same time, can be used to pull open the shoe by lifting of a tongue or instep cover (55) of the shoe upon which the fastener is mounted.

Abstract: A device for closing a boot, in particular a ski boot, designed to hold two sections of the boot together and comprising, first, a control lever carried by a plate made integral with one of the sections to be joined together, and second, on the other section, a rack, in one of the teeth of which a hooking device is designed to be engaged, this device being connected to the control lever by an inextensible tie rod. The hooking device has two hooking ends and is connected to the tie rod by a connection block on a pin belonging to which it rotates asymmetrically in a plane substantially parallel to that of the boot surface, the hooking ends being equipped with catches.

Abstract: A press-type fastener comprises a retaining bottom base, a retaining block, a press top base, an action toothed block, and a one-way toothed belt. The retaining block is fastened pivotally with the retaining bottom base while the action toothed block is fastened pivotally with with the press top base. The one-way toothed belt is fastened or unfastened by the action toothed block when the press top base is pressed and released repeatedly.

Abstract: A boot and a boot closure device adapted to bring two flaps of the boot close together including a control lever borne by a plate affixedly connected to one of the flaps, a rack connected to the other flap including a complementary arrangement for adjusting its position with respect to the lever. The arrangement for adjusting the rack are constituted by an adjustment zone that includes a buttonhole-shaped oblong slot obtained on the flap of the boot and demarcated by two circular end zones connected by a straight portion and whose diameter is equal to that of a locking pin affixed to the rack, and provided with a flat portion that is oriented perpendicular to the rack longitudinal displacement axis. The rack can be displaced, in view of its adjustment, from one end to the other of the buttonhole, after a rotation at 90.degree. with respect to its longitudinal axis, to allow for its free sliding in the straight portion of the buttonhole, and locked in either one of the circular end zones by a 90.degree.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to improve a central closing device for shoes with a rotationally supported cord disc for at least one cord-type tensioning member for closing the shoe in such a way that the number of rotations of the cord disci is limited without any increasing the space required. This object is achieved by the fact that both the cord disc (3) and a stationary member (1 or 41) each have mutually-cooperating tooth profiles (41a, 42a or 41b, 42b) having the same tooth pitch but of different diameters. Located in the intermediate space (49) created due to the different diameters of the tooth profiles (41a, 42a or 41b, 42b) is an idling pinion (43) of the same pitch, which meshes with the two tooth profiles (41a, 42a or 41b, 42b). At least one stop (46, 46') is provided to limit the travel of the idling pinion (43).

Abstract: Closure device particularly for sports shoes including a shell and a quarter and provided with a first flap and a second flap to be secured or with straps to be tensioned and secured. The device includes grip elements and at least one engagement element which are associable respectively with the first flap and with the second flap, or with the shoe and with the band. The grip elements selectively and detachably interact with the engagement element by using an auxiliary lever. The device has low manufacturing costs, allowing to standardize the individual components and limiting protrusions with respect to the surfaces of the shoe.

Abstract: A roller skate fastening device has a positioning seat to receive a pressing fastener. The seat has a positioning hole and two lugs. The lugs extend upward from two sides of the seat. Each lug has a hook recess. The pressing fastener has a pressed portion, a groove and a jag. Two through holes are formed on the walls abutting the groove. A spring recess is formed on the pressing fastener. A spring has the first and the second legs. The spring and the first leg are embedded in the spring recess. The second leg hooks the hook recess. The groove receives a movable fastener which has a protruded fang, a round recess, and a trip bar. A pin passes through the holes of the lugs, the through holes, and the round recess.

Abstract: Lever for sports shoes, constituted by a free lever arm, one end whereof engages an abutment associated with a first flap to be fastened. A toothed strap is freely pivoted to the lever arm and selectively interacts, in a ratchet-like manner, with a first tooth of a pawl rigidly coupled to a second flap to be joined. The strap has a larger last tooth adapted to interfere with the first tooth of the pawl. The pawl has a second safety tooth for locking the larger last tooth of the strap once it has disengaged from the first tooth, so as to prevent its extraction.

Abstract: Buckle, comprising a tensioning lever (4) which is articulated onto a base (1) and has a longitudinal notch (6) in which a link rod (7), connected to a fastening member (10), is articulated. The notch (6) and the link rod (7) are laterally offset relative to the longitudinal mid-axis of the tensioning lever toward the side of the buckle which is intended to be arranged toward the rear of the boot, while the other side of the tensioning lever has a decreasing height forming a ramp (16, 16a) over which the slalom poles which the boot encounters can slide without risk of catching or opening the buckle.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a structure of tightening-up belt which comprises two belts, two holding-down plates and an embowed assembly plate, wherein the two sides of embowed assembly plate are provided with a slot and a shaft respectively, each of these two belts fas a plurality of check strips, the fixed ends of these two belts are pivotally fixed on two sides of a frame of the article to be used, and the free ends thereof pass through the slots on the two sides of the embowed assembly plate to be reversely folded around the shaft; each of two sides of the embowed assembly plate is provided with a holding-down plate capable of tightening or lossening the reversely-folded belts, thus the length of the tightening-up belt as a whole composed of two separate belts is adjustable, the tightening-up belt can be tightened through pulling the two belts toward two outer sides from the position where the two belts are connected, the tightness adjusting operation is handy and quick, and the tightening force t

Abstract: A lever fastening device for footwear in general, including a lever hinged to a tensioning member fixed to one side of the vamp and a securing member fixed to the other side of the vamp and engageable by said lever, characterized in that the lever is hinged to the tensioning member and is provided with a transverse pin engageable in a corresponding hook portion of said securing member, a longitudinally movable slide being provided which is elastically retained in a position in which it locks said lever when this is in the fastened position.

Abstract: The ski-boot fastening described has a device for adjusting the fastening tension, in which a slide operated by male-and-female screw means supports the pin which connects the engagement element to the tensioning lever of the fastening.

Abstract: The device comprises a tensioning lever which acts on a traction member connected to the tensioning lever by means of a slide. At the time of opening of the tensioning lever, the traction member is held at the end of the slide close to the axis by an automatic retention member, such as a catch articulated on the tensioning lever. Pressure on the tensioning lever has the effect of acting on the catch which then frees the traction member which slides to the other end of the slide. Three positions can thus be obtained: closed, relaxation, open. A second traction member can be connected to the same tensioning lever.

Abstract: The closing and locking lever for ski boots is manufactured from shaped metal covered along the whole sides and the edges by a protecting material, such as rubber or plastic material.

Abstract: The buckle comprises a tensioning lever (2) on which there is hinged an attachment element (14) to which there is fixed a pulling rod (13) having a threaded part passing through the attachment element (14) and retained on the latter by a button (22) screwed onto the end of the pulling rod (13). By rotating the button it is possible to adjust the active length of the pulling rod. The pin (b 30) for hinging the attachment element (14) serves at the same time as a means for locking the rod (13).

Abstract: The device comprises a toothed strap with saw teeth (4), which is fixed, at one of its ends, to the boot (1) and carries a sliding U-piece (7) on which a ratchet (8) cooperating with the toothed strap is pivotably mounted. Above these teeth (10), the ratchet has a groove (11) inside which the bar (11) of a buckle (14) integral with another part of the boot is engaged. The U-piece is provided with two hook-shaped recesses located opposite the groove (11). The hinging pin (15) of the buckle, which at the same time acts as a tensioning lever, engages inside a groove (13). The ratchet pin is subject to a small degree of strain and accidental opening of the buckle due to pressure on the end of the latter is prevented.

Abstract: The securement and adjustment device includes a base member having an elongated slot adapted to be secured to a ski boot. A pulley having a sawtooth wheel coaxially secured thereto is rotatably mounted within the elongated slot and is also mounted for movement lengthwise of the slot. At least one tensioning cable of the ski boot is adapted to be connected to the pulley. A slide member is slidably mounted on the base member for movement lengthwise of the slot. The slide member is provided with an elongated aperture in which the sawtooth wheel is received and is further provided with teeth adjacent one end of the aperture adapted to be moved into and out of engagement with the sawtooth wheel upon movement of the slide member relative to the wheel. A cover lever is pivotally mounted at one end to the base member for movement between a closed position overlying the base member and an open position.

Abstract: A lever-and-ring type ski-boot fastening in which the ring is releasably engageable with one of a plurality of hooks mutually spaced-apart by an interspacing. The hooks are formed on a plate-shaped body guided by a base-plate for movements towards and away from the lever by displacements equal to a fraction of the interspacing. Retaining teeth interengageable in a pawl-like manner are provided to releasably lock the plate-shaped body to the base-plate.

Abstract: This ski boot comprises a fastening and tension device consisting of a cogged strap of which the teeth are cycloidal segments parallel to the strap plane. These teeth cooperate with drive studs carried by a rotary disc coupled to a control knob. The studs are disposed at spaced angular intervals on a circumference so that they describe cycloids corresponding to the teeth with respect to the strap.

Abstract: In a tensioner assembly including a lever, a tie having a hook-up member and an interlobing mechanism between the lever and the tie, which mechanism comprises a latch axially movably on the lever toward and away from an abutment seat formed on the tie member.

Abstract: Device for tightening a strap (1) for the upper of a ski boot. The strap has driving teeth (4) on one side and retaining teeth (5) on the other side. The retaining teeth engage with a fixed tooth (6) forming an abutment carried by an anchoring piece (2), while the driving teeth are engaged by a rib (9) on a control member (3), which rib exerts a longitudinal thrust on one of the driving teeth during pivoting movement of the control member (3) in a first, strap tightening direction. The control member (3) also comprises a projection (10) for denotching the retaining teeth.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ski boot of the type comprising a shell, at least one spoiler and clamping means constituted by a lever, a clamping member, a toothed piece designed to cooperate with said clamping member, and whereinthe toothed piece is housed between two parallel side walls molded with the boot, and defining between them an open chamber on the edge of the spoiler or of the shell, and the height of which substantially coincides with the height of the toothed piece;and the end of said chamber:is, on the one hand, extended at the top by a streamlined structure which is progressively joined to the front of the spoiler or of the shell;and on the other hand, comprises a split part, perpendicular to the walls and situated plumb with the beginning of said streamlined structure.

Abstract: The ski boot is closed by a device acting both as a closing and a tightening device. This device comprises a worm-screw mounted in one of the two portions of the boot and cooperating with a cogged strap rigid with the other portion, the cogged strap being kept in meshing engagement with the worm-screw by guide means adapted to be moved away from the strap for releasing same or quickly bringing a selected portion of the strap in front of the worm-screw.

Abstract: A tool for use in opening and closing the buckle of a boot such as a ski boot. The tool consists of a handle member and engagement member set at an angle to the handle. The opening in the engagement member fits over the tongue or clamp of the buckle and permits the user to apply greater leverage to the clamp making it easier to open or close the buckle.

Abstract: A device for progressively adjusting the relative positions of two elements, comprising a rack (5), a control knob (4) rotatably mounted on a support (3) above the rack and having its lower face turned toward the latter, a spiral rib (15) centered on the rotational axis (xx') of the control knob and the spiral rib, which axis is inclined with respect to the plane of the rack. The device is applicable to the tightening of ski boots.

Abstract: Adjustable toggle type attachment device for a ski boot, with a series of notches constituting a rack fixed to an element to be tightened, and a tightening lever connected through a traction element to another element to be tightened. An abutment longitudinally adjustable in a continuous manner is provided on the lever, and the traction element is supported thereon.

Abstract: A device for fastening ski-boots, and which permits fine adjustment of the tightness of the fastening to be effected quickly and easily, includes a sprocket supported rotatably on a support plate and a tie with a rack portion engageable by the sprocket. The device also includes a ratchet mechanism for advancing the sprocket relative to the rack portion to tension the tie, and a ratchet mechanism for locking the sprocket so as to maintain the tension of the tie.

Abstract: 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 track receives a slider (2). A tightener lever (4) is pivoted on said slider and provided with a loop member (5), which is adapted to be hung into a hook provided on the other side part of the quarter. A locking block is provided for connecting the slider (1) in the desired position.

Abstract: A ski-boot fastening device for allowing the fastening tension to be adjusted under load includes a ring or other similar hook means and a tensioning unit which acts on the hook means through a tie rod comprising a rod-shaped element having a section with a plurality of transverse notches which are longitudinally aligned along the section, a substantially plate-shaped body with a hole extending parallel to the line of action of the tie rod and having dimensions so as to couple with at least the notched section of the rod-shaped element, and a seat formed in the substantially plate-shaped body. The seat opens into the hole in the plate-shaped body, and a locking member is mounted in the seat and guided for movement transverse the hole against the action of spring means so as to releasably engage a notch of the notched section of the rod-shaped element.

Abstract: An improved skate fastener assembly including an arrangement to permit preselected positioning and limited inward and outward movement of the shoe-engaging portions of a skate fastener assembly.

Abstract: A ski boot consists of a foot portion and a leg portion connected in articulated relationship. A stiffening element at the front of the boot formed of resilient material has substantially the profile of the boot and is attached at least partially to the foot portion and/or the leg portion thereof.

Abstract: A fastening device for ski-boots includes a lever which is mounted on a support base fixed to the boot, and a ring which is connected to a tightening unit through a tie rod and is engageable with one of a plurality of hook-shaped seats formed in the lever. The tie rod is adjustable in length so that the tightness of the fastening can be adjusted even when the device is in its working condition, that is, under load.

Abstract: A lever-operable fastener for pulling two parts of a skiing boot toward each other comprises a rack (1) , which is secured to one of said parts and adapted to receive a tensioning lever (2). A tensile element (3) is connected to the other of said parts and acts on said tensioning lever at a point which is spaced from a detent element (4), which is provided on the tensioning lever (2) and is adapted to extend into a tooth space of said rack (1) so as to define a fulcrum for said lever.

Abstract: The device comprises a pressure band engageable with the front upper portion of an inner shoe attached with one end to a side area of the boot, whereas the other end thereof is connected to a tension band, effective to be operated by a skiing stick. On the tension band there acts a releasable lock serrated portion adapted to allow the free translatory movement of the tension band in one direction and to prevent the translation of the tension band in the opposite direction. Tension on the tension band causes compression of the inner shoe by the pressure band against the user's foot.

Abstract: The hydraulic device comprises a pumping element which, through a selector assembly, is caused to communicate with one or more driving members provided on a boot and wherewith there is connected a respective hook element for effecting the fastening of the boot, the selector assembly being adapted to allow the releasing of one or all the fastening elements by connecting the respective driving members to a reservoir of a selected working fluid.

Abstract: This buckle fastener for ski boots or other sports footwear comprises a closing wireform adapted to be tensioned by a latch. The latch is pivoted to the end of an arm having its other end pivoted to one boot portion. In the closed position the latch is locked by a hook cooperating with the pivot pin connecting the arm to the boot. Means are provided on the latch for releasing this hook to open the fastener.

Abstract: This fastener notably for sports boot comprises an indented strap secured to one portion of the boot and a rack associated with the strap for nipping the latter with the assistance of a yoke. The rack is engageable by a transverse element carried by one end of an arm pivoted to a tightening lever mounted on the other portion of the boot.

Abstract: 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 retensioning of the fastener, the latter should not be relieved from tension entirely. For this purpose, the tensioning lever cooperates with a ratchet mechanism for tensioning the fastener. The ratchet mechanism comprises a driver which cooperates with the rack and which consists of or is adapted to move with the tensioning lever.

Abstract: 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 also provided, which comprise a locking pawl that is mounted on said other fastener member and cooperates with said teeth.The teeth have inclined tooth spaces and in order to facilitate the operation of the fastener are provided either on the tension strap on its inner side facing the shoe or on the strap retainer on its outer side facing away from the shoe. That part of the strap-restraining means which cooperates with the tension strap extends away from the shoe and is firmly connected to the strap retainer.

Abstract: A device for aiding the operation of boot buckles having a pivotally attached tensioning lever and a clamping loop, comprising an elongated member having a handle end and a second end having a socket therein adapted to receive the tensioning lever to facilitate the movement thereof when in engagement with the clamping loop.

Abstract: A closure lever on the rear of a ski boot is engaged with a cable which passes beneath side lugs near the elevation of the sole of the boot and forwardly of the heel. The cable ends carry connectors which engage through apertures formed in the ends of a tension strap which passes transversely over the instep. In an alternative arrangement, the cable may be crossed beneath the sole of the boot and engaged within crossing grooves in the sole.

Abstract: A tension element for a ski boot fastener having a wire, i.e. cable, formed into a U-shape. The ends of the cable are received in a tube also bent into a U-shape. The ends of the tube are compressed onto the cable to effect a securement therebetween. The tube defines a clasp receivable in the hooks provided on a tension lever. The loop so formed is at least partly encased in plastic, the plastic material forming a web between the cable pieces forming the sides of the loop.

Abstract: Apparatus for releasably mounting closure buckles to ski boots, said apparatus including a mounting pad integrally molded with the shell of the boot and having an undercut interior surface for slidably engaging flanges depending from a buckle stand assembly to secure the buckle stand assembly and the closure buckle pivotally mounted therein to the boot. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for releasably latching the buckle stand assembly in position on the mounting pad.