Ski boot clasp

Claim 1

A CLASP FOR DRAWING TOGETHER THE TWO OVERLAPPING FLAPS OF A SKI BOOT OF THE TYPE WHICH HAS A ROW OF SPACED HOOKS SECURED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID FLAPS AND FACING OUTWARDLY FROM THE CENTER OF SAID BOOT, COMPRISING (A) A FIRST MEMBER, (B) A SECOND MEMBER, (C) MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID MEMBERS TO SAID FLAPS, (D) AN OVER-CENTER LATCHING LEVER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED ADJACENT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMERS, RESPECTIVELY, TO SWING RELATIVE TO SAID MEMBERS ABOUT SPACED, PARALLEL AXES BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION IN WHICH SAID MEMBERS ARE SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER, AND A CLOSED POSITION IN WHICH SAID MEMBERS ARE SWUNG INTO OVERLAPPING RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER, THEREBY TO DRAW TOGETHER SAID FLAPS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING (E) MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE TENSION IN THE CLASP, COMPRISING (F) A FLEXIBLE ADJUSTING STRAP SLIDABLY CONNECTED ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF TO ONE OF SAID MEMBERS, (G) A RIGID LINK CONNECTED TO THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID STRAP AND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED REMOVABLY TO ONE OF SAID HOOKS ON ONE OF SAID BOOT FLAPS, AND (H) LOCKING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID STRAP TO PREVENT SLIDING MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID STRAP AND SAID ONE MEMBER, AND RELEASABLY TO ADJUST THE LENGTH OF SAID STRAP BETWEEN SAID LINK AND SAID ONE MEMBER, (I) SAID LEVER HAVING A GENERALLY CONCAVE UNDERSURFACE WHICH OVERLIES THE OVERLAPPING BOOT FLAPS WHEN SAID LEVER IS IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, AND (J) SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS COMPRISING A PAIR OF RIGID LOOPS EACH OF WHICH IS CONNECTED AT ONE END THEREOF TO SAID LEVER TO PIVOT ABOUT ONE OF SAID SPACED AXES, AND ONE OF WHICH LOOPS IS SUBSTANTAILLY SMALLER THAN THE OTHER OF SAID LOOPS, AND IS PIVOTABLE WITH SAID LEVER THROUGH SAID OTHER LOOP.