Sports shoe or boot

Claim 2

An improved sports shoe or boot particularly for ice hockey having an upper with openable instep flaps for putting on and taking off the boot, a leg plate at least partially encompassing the calf side of the upper, tightening means including at least one pull cord and a tightening member, the pull cord passing alternately from one instep flap to the other and being guided by guide pieces attached to the flaps and attached to the tightening member, the improvement comprising: a covering tongue coupled to the upper at the cap portion thereof, said covering tongue extending over the openable instep flaps; mounting means on said covering tongue for receiving at least one turn of said pull cord; and means spaced from said covering tongue for receiving and guiding an end of said pull cord.

Claim 3

An improved sports shoe or boot particularly for ice hockey having an upper with openable instep flaps for putting on and taking off the boot, a leg plate at least partially encompassing the calf side of the upper, tightening means including at least one pull cord and a tightening member, the pull cord passing alternately from one instep flap to the other and being guided by guide pieces attached to the flaps and attached to the tightening member, the improvement comprising: a covering tongue coupled to the upper at the cap portion thereof, said covering tongue extending over the openable instep flaps; mounting means on said covering tongue for receiving a portion of said pull cord; and a guide member spaced from said covering tongue for receiving and guiding said pull cord, wherein said tongue is articulated and is reduced in width in the region of said mounting means.

Claim 4

An improved sports shoe or boot particularly for ice hockey having an upper with openable instep flaps for putting on and taking off the boot, a leg plate at least partially encompassing the calf side of the upper, tightening means including at least one pull cord and a tightening member, the pull cord passing alternately from one instep flap to the other and being guided by guide pieces attached to the flaps and attached to the tightening member, the improvement comprising: a covering tongue coupled to the upper at the cap portion thereof, said covering tongue extending over the openable instep flaps; mounting means on said covering tongue for receiving a portion of said pull cord; and a guide member spaced from said covering tongue for receiving and guiding said pull cord, wherein said tongue is articulated and is reduced in width in the region of said mounting means.

Claim 5

A sports boot according to claim 1 wherein said mounting means comprises a slot extending longitudinally in said tongue through which said portion of said pull cord extends.

Claim 6

An improved sports shoe or boot particularly for ice hockey having an upper with openable instep flaps for putting on and taking off the boot, a leg plate at least partially encompassing the calf side of the upper, tightening means including at least one pull cord and a tightening member, the pull cord passing alternately from one instep flap to the other and being guided by guide pieces attached to the flaps and attached to the tightening member, the improvement comprising: a covering tongue coupled to the upper at the cap portion thereof, said covering tongue extending over the openable instep flaps; mounting means on said covering tongue for receiving a portion of said pull cord; and a guide member spaced from said covering tongue for receiving and guiding said pull cord, wherein said mounting means comprises a flexible hook attached to the inside of the covering tongue, in which said pull cord portions are inserted and passed out laterally below the tongue.

Claim 7

An improved sports shoe or boot particularly for ice hockey having an upper with openable instep flaps for putting on and taking off the boot, a leg plate at least partially encompassing the calf side of the upper, tightening means including at least one pull cord and a tightening member, the pull cord passing alternately from one instep flap to the other and being guided by guide pieces attached to the flaps and attached to the tightening member, the improvement comprising: a covering tongue coupled to the upper at the cap portion thereof, said covering tongue extending over the openable instep flaps; mounting means on said covering tongue for receiving a portion of said pull cord; and a guide member spaced from said covering tongue for receiving and guiding said pull cord, wherein said mounting means comprises a flexible hook attached to the inside of the covering tongue, in which said pull cord portions are inserted and passed out laterally below the tongue.

Claim 8

An improved sports shoe or boot particularly for ice hockey having an upper with openable instep flaps for putting on and taking off the boot, a leg plate at least partially encompassing the calf side of the upper, tightening means including at least one pull cord and a tightening member, the pull cord passing alternately from one instep flap to the other and being guided by guide pieces attached to the flaps and attached to the tightening member, the improvement comprising: a covering tongue coupled to the upper at the cap portion thereof, said covering tongue extending over the openable instep flaps; mounting means on said covering tongue for receiving a portion of said pull cord; and a guide member spaced from said covering tongue for receiving and guiding said pull cord, wherein said guide member is adjustably mounted on said leg plate, and includes means defining bores engageable in a pin or hook on said plate.

Claim 9

An improved sports shoe or boot particularly for ice hockey having an upper with openable instep flaps for putting on and taking off the boot, a leg plate at least partially encompassing the calf side of the upper, tightening means including at least one pull cord and a tightening member, the pull cord passing alternately from one instep flap to the other and being guided by guide pieces attached to the flaps and attached to the tightening member, the improvement comprising: a covering tongue coupled to the upper at the cap portion thereof, said covering tongue extending over the openable instep flaps; mounting means on said covering tongue for receiving a portion of said pull cord; and a guide member spaced from said covering tongue for receiving and guiding said pull cord, wherein said guide member is adjustably mounted on said leg plate, and includes means defining bores engageable in a pin or hook on said plate.

Claim 10

A sports boot according to claim 12, wherein the guide member is connected to a tightening cord and the tightening cord is located in a flexible guide of invariable length.

Claim 11

A sports boot according to claim 1, wherein the tightening member has a slide member fixed to one end of the pull cord, is displaceable on a rail member, and is provided with a hook which can be selectably engaged in one of a plurality of openings in said rail member.

Claim 12

A sports boot according to claim 1, wherein the tightening member has a slide member and a force-transmitting device with a tightening lever engaging on the slide member for the manual tightening of the boot.

Claim 13

A sports boot according to claim 8, wherein said tightening lever is pivotably mounted to the slide member via a first spindle and said tightening member includes a rail member and a bracket which is pivotably mounted via a second spindle on the tightening lever at a distance from the first spindle of the tightening lever and which at its free end has a projection insertable into a plurality of openings on the rail member for tightening the pull cord.

Claim 14

A sports boot according to claim 9, wherein the spindles are at different distances from the back of the tightening lever in such a way that the tightening length of said lever corresponds to an over-center position.

Claim 15

A sports boot according to claim 7, wherein said tightening means includes two pull cords, both fixed to the slide member and the displacement travel h of the slide member corresponds to the longitudinal displacement travel of approximately 4h on the turns when using said two pull cords.

Claim 16

An improved sports shoe or boot particularly for ice hockey having an upper with openable instep flaps for putting on and taking off the boot, a leg plate at least partially encompassing the calf side of the upper, tightening means including at least one pull cord and a tightening member, the pull cord passing alternately from one instep flap to the other and being guided by guide pieces attached to the flaps and attached to the tightening member, the improvement comprising: a covering tongue coupled to the upper at the cap portion thereof, said covering tongue extending over the openable instep flaps; mounting means on said covering tongue for receiving at least one turn of said pull cord; and a guide member spaced from said covering tongue for receiving at least one turn of said pull cord and guiding said pull cord.

Claim 17

An improved sports shoe or boot particularly for ice hockey having an upper with openable instep flaps for putting on and taking off the boot, a leg plate at least partially encompassing the calf side of the upper, tightening means including at least one pull cord and a tightening member, the pull cord passing alternately from one instep flap to the other and being guided by guide pieces attached to the flaps and attached to the tightening member, the improvement comprising: a covering tongue coupled to the upper at the cap portion thereof, said covering tongue extending over the openable instep flaps; mounting means on said covering tongue for receiving at least one turn of said pull cord; and a guide member spaced from said covering tongue for receiving at least one turn of said pull cord and guiding said pull cord.

Claim 18

A sports boot according to claim 1, wherein said mounting means comprises a slot in said covering tongue.

Claim 19

A sports boot according to claim 1, wherein said mounting means comprises a hook coupled to said covering tongue.