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High-top shoe
Assignee: A RESPONSABILITE LIMITTE DITE ADIDAS FABRIQUE DE CHAUSSURES DE SPORT Ste
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Filing: 1984-04-02
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Granted: 1986-03-25
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Expires: 2004-04-02
Abstract
Abstract A high-top athletic or leisure shoe is provided, in which the top portion of the shoe leg is made of padded material which includes a piece of reinforcing material on the outer surface of the shoe at substantially the height of the outer malleolus. At least one two-segment tightening strip is provided extending from the reinforced zone. One segment of the tightening strip rises diagonally from the reinforced zone along the outer surface of the shoe leg to near the upper end of the latter at the back of the shoe, and continues substantially horizontally along the upper end of the inner surface of the shoe leg above the inner malleolus. A second segment rises diagonally from the reinforced zone, and extends across the frontal lacing area of the shoe toward the inner surface of the shoe leg. A provision is made for joining the two segments of the strip over the front and inner surface of the shoe leg so as to adjustably fasten the strip in position with a desired degree of tightness.
Inventors
- 👤 Jacques Chassaing
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 01:43
CPC Classifications
A; A43; A43B; A43B7/00; A43B7/14; A43B7/18; A43B7/20; A43B5/00; A43C; A43C11/00; A43C11/004; A43C11/14; A43C11/1493
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
219 words
A high-top shoe having a high-top portion with a shoe leg made of padded material, the improvement wherein: said shoe leg has externally secured on its outer side a piece of reinforcing material located so as to be substantially superimposed upon the outer malleolus of the shoe-wearer's ankle to provide a reinforcing zone when the shoe is worn; at least one tightening strip extending generally around said shoe leg from said piece of reinforcing material; said tightening strip comprising a first segment which rises obliquely from said reinforcing zone along the lateral surface of the shoe leg to adjacency with the upper edge of the shoe leg at the back of the shoe and then generally horizontally around the shoe leg to a site located above where the medial malleolus of the shoe-wearer's ankle is located when the shoe is worn; said tightening strip further comprising a second segment which rises obliquely from said reinforcing zone along the front of the shoe leg towards the inner side of the shoe leg; and means constructed and arranged for releasably joining said first and second segments of said tightening strip to one another in at least the vicinity of said inner side of said shoe leg so as to hold said tightening strip in position with a desired degree of tightness.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
219 words
A high-top shoe having a high-top portion with a shoe leg made of padded material, the improvement wherein: said shoe leg has externally secured on its outer side a piece of reinforcing material located so as to be substantially superimposed upon the outer malleolus of the shoe-wearer's ankle to provide a reinforcing zone when the shoe is worn; at least one tightening strip extending generally around said shoe leg from said piece of reinforcing material; said tightening strip comprising a first segment which rises obliquely from said reinforcing zone along the lateral surface of the shoe leg to adjacency with the upper edge of the shoe leg at the back of the shoe and then generally horizontally around the shoe leg to a site located above where the medial malleolus of the shoe-wearer's ankle is located when the shoe is worn; said tightening strip further comprising a second segment which rises obliquely from said reinforcing zone along the front of the shoe leg towards the inner side of the shoe leg; and means constructed and arranged for releasably joining said first and second segments of said tightening strip to one another in at least the vicinity of said inner side of said shoe leg so as to hold said tightening strip in position with a desired degree of tightness.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
149 words
The improved high-top shoe of claim 1, wherein: said first segment of said tightening strip includes a free end disposed at said site; said joining means comprises a ring fixed to said free end of said first segment of said tightening strip; said second segment of said tightening strip including a free end portion having two longitudinally adjoining zones; and said joining means further includes two complementary bodies of fastening material which are constructed and arranged to adhere to one another until being separated by being pulled apart, each of these bodies being secured onto a respective one of said zones on said second segment of said tightening strip so that said second segment of said tightening strip when looped through said ring and doubled back upon itself so that said zones confront one another, may be pressed together and thereby joined and held tight by said fastening material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The improved high-top shoe of claim 1, further comprising: means providing a positioning guide on said shoe leg at the back of the shoe, with said first segment of said tightening strip being juxtaposed in positioned and guided relationship with said positioning guide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
The improved high-top shoe of claim 3, wherein: said positioning guide means comprises means providing a pair of adjacent vertically-oriented slots on said shoe leg at the back of the shoe, with said first segment of said tightening strip being threaded in through one of these slots and out through the other of them.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The improved high-top shoe of claim 4, wherein: said shoe leg, at least at the back of said shoe, is made of multiple layers of material and said slots are provided in an outer layer of said shoe leg material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The improved high-top shoe of claim 1, wherein: said piece of reinforcing material and said segments of said tightening strip are made of natural leather.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The improved high-top shoe of claim 1, wherein: said piece of reinforcing material and said segments of said tightening strip are made of artificial leather.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
149 words
The improved high-top shoe of claim 4, wherein: said first segment of said tightening strip includes a free end disposed at said site; said joining means comprises a ring fixed to said free end of said first segment of said tightening strip; said second segment of said tightening strip including a free end portion having two longitudinally adjoining zones; and said joining means further includes two complementary bodies of fastening material which are constructed and arranged to adhere to one another until being separated by being pulled apart, each of these bodies being secured onto a respective one of said zones on said second segment of said tightening strip so that said second segment of said tightening strip when looped through said ring and doubled back upon itself so that said zones confront one another, may be pressed together and thereby joined and held tight by said fastening material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The improved high-top shoe of claim 8, wherein: said two complementary bodies of fastening material are respectively bodies of a hook-and-fleece type of fastener.
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