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 device for clamping the toothed strap of a fastening for sports footwear comprises a base and a stop ratchet mechanism including a pawl which is articulated to the base and can engage the teeth of the strap in order to stop it, and a second-order lever articulated to the base and acting on the paw to move it away from and towards a position of engagement with the teeth of the strap.

Abstract: A securing device for footwear includes a toothed band fixedly connected a first end thereof to an item of footwear and a second end thereof inserted into a frame pivotally connected to a lever member which is pivotally connected to a base member fixedly disposed to the item of footwear. The lever member has an operation member biasedly received therein and disengagably connected to a protrusion extending from the base member so as to position the lever member. The frame has an actuating member pivotally connected thereto which is located close to the first end of the toothed band, the actuating member having a hook edge formed to an underside thereof so as to be disengagably engage the toothed band. Therefore, when pivoting the actuating member, the toothed band is loosened and can be adjusted by engaging the hook edge with the toothed band again.

Abstract: A buckling device to be used in athletic foot-gear, typically ski-boots. The buckling device includes a pivoting clasp affixed to one of two ski-boot flaps, an adjustment section, a linearly adjustable loop, and a hook section affixed to the second of two ski-boot flaps. The adjustment section includes three alternative types of actuation including a knob, a swivel-key, and a ratchet, each being able to actuate gearing in order to provide tension adjustment of the loop around a given hook on the hook section. An optional protective hook-cover is also provided.

Abstract: An adjustable fastening system is disclosed for cinching together first and second opposing cinching members, interconnected via a closed-loop cablecable assembly, or a cable assembly including a discrete-length cable. The cable assembly is cooperable with an anchoring member which maintains the cable assembly in a tensioned state, thereby cinching the first and second cinching members together. The anchoring member includes at least one groove for receiving the cable assembly.

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 fastening device for sports shoes, provided with at least two flaps to be joined, including: a lever arm; a traction element that is articulated, at one end, to the lever arm at a first axis; a base that is associated with one of the flaps and from which vertical walls protrudes for rotatably supporting the lever arm at a second axis; a rack associated with the other one of the flaps and can be detachably engaged by the other end of the traction element. The lever arm is constituted by a first element, which is articulated at one end to the vertical wall that protrudes from the base, and a second element, which is articulated to the opposite end of the first element at a third axis; the second element has a tab that protrudes beyond the third axis toward the vertical wall that protrudes from the base and interacts with the upper surface of the base during the rotation of the second element to open the lever arm.

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 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: An adjustable fastening system is disclosed for cinching together first and second opposing cinching members, interconnected via a closed-loop cable assembly, or a cable assembly including a discrete-length cable. The cable assembly is cooperable with an anchoring member which maintains the cable assembly in a tensioned state, thereby cinching the first and second cinching members together. The anchoring member includes at least one groove for receiving the cable assembly.

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: Fastening device, particularly for fastening two flaps of a sports shoe, including an engagement element for being rigidly coupled to a first flap, a traction element, and a lever arm that is rotatably associated a with a first pivot interposed between a first pair of wings that protrudes from a base for being associated with a second flap to be fastened. The back of the lever arm interacts with the traction element to allow to lock the traction element adjacent to the base and to subsequently place the lever arm, with no forces applied to it, in the direction of the engagement element. The lever arm has a very limited protrusion and a secondary lever is provided to allow the rapid and easy release of the traction element.

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: Securing device for securing two flap portions of a sports shoe, including: a lever arm with a pair of wings interconnected by a crossbase at one end thereof and provided with pivots at another end thereof; a traction element connectable at one end to a first flap and pivotally connected at another end to a middle zone of the wings of the lever arm; and a baseplate connectable to a second plate and provided with: a pair of protruding curved teeth at one end of the baseplate for pivotally accommodating the pivots of the lever arm; and a quadrangular protruding lug at another end of the baseplate for catching between the crossbase and wings of the lever arm in a closed position thereof. A pair of seats are provided in the upper surface of the baseplate to the sides of the lug, and the lever arm is provided with a pair of shoulders which engage in the seats when the lever arm is closed.

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: Method and apparatus for lacing and securing a shoe onto the foot using an elongated lace and the five spaced apart holes in the shoe's collar on each side of the shoe's tongue. A two part fastening clip includes a flat rectangular clip base having spaced apart eyelets and an elongated slot and a clip lever designed to mate in hinged relation with the clip base by insertion of an enlarged cylindrical edge portion of the clip lever into the elongated slot of the clip base and also having spaced apart eyelets. The shoe lace passes through the shoe's holes on opposite sides of the tongue, through the eyelets in the clip base, through the eyelets in the base, through the eyelets in the clip lever, and finally through the adjacent hole in the shoe collar. Then the two ends of the lace are securely tied together leaving sufficient slack to permit the foot to be inserted into the shoe.

Abstract: A fastening means to secure a gaiter to a roller skate or the like is composed of at least a buckle integral to the back of the skater and a fasten belt on the gaiter adopted to be detachably secured to the buckle in a manner that the position of the fasten belt with respect to the roller skate is adjustable. The fastening means will also proect sportsman from twisted their ankle in exercise.

Abstract: The device includes a base which is rigidly connectable with a first flap of an item of footwear; a pair of shoulders protrude from the base for the pivoting of a lever arm which is provided with a pivot for a support provided with a rachet system for engagement with a toothed tab. The support and the lever arm have first and second longitudinal slots which accomodate the pivot, which interacts selectively with seats defined on the shoulders. The tab is furthermore removably connectable with a second flap of the item of footwear. The device allows to achieve a rapid and easy securing and release of the first and second flaps and has a considerable safety during closure, which makes it free from accidental openings due for example to the contact of the lever arm with the ground.

Abstract: A closure device, particularly usable in ski boots composed of a shell with which a front quarter and a rear quarter are associated, includes a lever which is pivoted, at one end, to the rear quarter or to a slider which is slidable at an adapted guide to which an adjustable-length rod is pivoted in an intermediate region. The rod interacts, at its free end, with a locking element which is located at the rear quarter or on the slider. A first traction element rigidly associated with the shell and at least one second traction element, which is coupled, at its ends, to a member in relative motion with respect to the pivoting axis of said lever and/or to a member which is fixed with respect to the pivoting axis, are furthermore associated with the slider. The device furthermore includes elements adapted to limit the opening angle between the lever and the rod as well as a resilient member adapted to keep the free end of the rod in contact with the locking element.

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 base (10) on which is articulated a tension lever (9) acting on cables (6, 7). These cables are attached to a member (16) movable between two positions, namely a tightening position and a relaxation position, and mounted for sliding on the tensioning lever (9). Said movable member is displaceable by means of an auxiliary lever (11) mounted on the tensioning lever (9).

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: This fastener for closing two portions (2, 4) of a footwear in general and more particularly of a ski boot comprises a toothed strap (8) having ratchet teeth which is attached to one portion (2) of the footwear and has mounted permanently thereon a stirrup (10) provided with a pawl (11) and a tension lever (14) pivoted on the stirrup (10) fulcrumed on the other hand on the other portion (4) of the boot, the length of the toothed strap (8) being sufficient to allow a wide opening of the footwear, the fastener being adapted to keep the footwear closed permanently and being easily operated with one hand by the user.

Abstract: The locking device comprises an operating lever, pivotally connected to one of the elements to be brought together, and supporting a take-up spool for a joining element, connected at a fixed point to the other of the elements to be brought together. The spool is rotatable about an axis spaced from and lying substantially parallel to the pivot axis of the lever. There are also provided members for releasably blocking rotation of the spool at least in the direction of unwinding of the joining element.

Abstract: This safety closure particularly for ski boots comprises a closure lever associated with one of the flaps to be joined and connected to a link element. Coupleable to the link element is an opening element associated with the other of the flaps to be joined. Also provided is a locking lever adapted to prevent release of the closure lever as the link element is placed under tension, thereby the closure device has two separate members, the one for closing the device and the other for opening it.

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: In a binding device comprising a serrated strap engaged through a leader of an assembly for adjusting the binding tension, the strap can be locked by tightening within the leader with the intermediary of a wedge mounted movably in the leader itself.

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: Integrated closure system for a ski or other boot preferably intended for use with a boot having two portions adapted to be drawn together by the closure system. The closure system includes at least one traction cable adapted to be connected at one of its ends to a location provided on at least one of the two portions. The system further includes a traction assembly comprising a cable stretcher and a return element adapted to be mounted on one portion of the boot. The cable stretcher is activated by a control element which can assume at least two positions, namely, an open position in which it frees a length of the traction cable to allow for the opening of the boot, and a closed position in which the traction cable is subjected to a tractional force to draw the two portions towards one another. The return element is adapted to transfer the tractional force exerted on the traction cable by the cable stretcher along an appropriately selected direction to assure good closure of the boot.

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 flexible skateguard includes a pouch constructed of a flexible material. The pouch has first and second wall portions joined at the front, back and bottom and an opening which defines an enclosure for receiving the blade of the skate. A hook and loop fastener is attached to the inner surfaces of the first and second wall portions and is situated so that when the blade is inserted into the pouch and the first and second wall portions are squeezed together, the hook and loop fastener extends through an opening securing the pouch to the blade.

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: This fastener for closing two opposed closure flaps of a sports footwear, notably a ski boot, comprises on a first flap of the footwear a coupling member adapted to interconnect these flaps, means for anchoring one end of the coupling member to a catch member secured to the one flap, a binding lever pivoted to a support fixed to the other flap of the footwear and having pivoted thereto the other end of the coupling member and comprising beyond its pivot point a rigid extension lying substantially within the plane and thickness of the binding lever extension for interlocking substantially in a common plane the end of the lever extension and the binding lever in their closed and fold-down position which is also the closed position of the fastener itself.

Abstract: The buckle for fastening together the parts of a shoe comprises a tightening lever (1), which consists substantially of two parts (2, 3), which are displaceable relative to each other in the longitudinal direction of the tightening lever (1) and are guided relative to each other. One part (2) of the tightening lever is pivoted to the outside surface of the shoe and is adapted to be connected to a tensile element (15) so that the latter will be tensioned by a pivotal movement of the part (2) of the tightening lever (1). The tightening lever (1) ist locked in its closed position in that its second part (3) is displaced beyond the hinge pin (9) for the tightening lever (1) (FIG. 1).

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: Closing straps for a ski boot formed of plastics material have corresponding ends adjustably secured by pulling levers fixed on one flap of the boot upper. The ends of the straps remote from the pulling levers are releasably connected with projection elements on the other flap of the upper integrally formed with such flap from the same plastics material from which the upper is made by injection molding.

Abstract: Lacing system for ski boots adapted to pull tight the boot flaps around a skier's foot by means of fastener devices comprising each a first over-center hooked latching lever arranged on one of two flaps of the boot uppers, and a connecting link secured to the other of the two flaps of the boot uppers and insertable into adjustment notches provided on the first lever. A second over-center lever has hinge means for hingedly securing it on the above one flap and having pivot means for pivotally supporting thereon the first lever. The pivot means are offset with respect to the hinge means thereby to act through the second lever on the first lever via the pivot means.

Abstract: The device includes a base which is rigidly connectable with a first flap of an item of footwear; a pair of shoulders protrude from the base for the pivoting of a lever arm which is provided with a pivot for a support provided with a rachet system for engagement with a toothed tab. The support and the lever arm have first and second longitudinal slots which accomodate the pivot, which interacts selectively with seats defined on the shoulders. The tab is furthermore removably connectable with a second flap of the item of footwear. The device allows to achieve a rapid and easy securing and release of the first and second flaps and has a considerable safety during closure, which makes it free from accidental openings due for example to the contact of the lever arm with the ground.