Shoe with central rotary closure
First Claim
1. Shoe with an upper made of resiliently flexible materials, a central rotary closure, an instep cover in an instep area of the upper, said central rotary closure being provided on said instep cover, a tightening element connected to the central rotary closure, and guide elements at side parts of the upper, each of said guide elements having a deflecting element and said tightening element being guided from the instep cover laterally in the form of loops at each side of the upper, each loop being guided over the deflecting element of a respective one of the guide elements at the side parts of the upper, said central rotary closure forming a means for shortening the tightening element by rotating the central rotary closure to close the shoe and as a means for lengthening the tightening element to open the shoe;
- wherein the deflecting element of each guide element is provided on a free end of each of a plurality of separate straps, said separate straps comprising a rear strap at each of medial and lateral sides of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear from instep cover toward the heel, a front strap on a medial side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the arch of the a wearer'"'"'s foot and a front strap on a lateral side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the metatarsal outer ball of the wearer'"'"'s foot, the separate front and rear straps being firmly, connected with the shoe only at lower end areas thereof and excluding at least areas adjacent the deflecting elements; and
wherein said instep cover is interconnected with the lateral sides of the shoe only via interaction of the loops of the tightening elements with the deflecting elements of the separate straps over which they are guided.
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Abstract
A shoe with an upper made of resiliently flexible materials has a central rotary closure on an instep cover in an instep area of the upper, and a tightening element that is connected to the central rotary closure and which is guided from the instep cover laterally in the form of loops at each side of the upper. At each side of the upper, each of the loops is guided over a deflecting element of a respective guide element, so that the central rotary closure is able to shorten the tightening element, by rotating the central rotary closure, to close the shoe and to lengthen the tightening element to open the shoe. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the deflecting element of each guide element is provided on a separate strap, a rear strap at each of medial and lateral sides of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear from instep cover toward the heel, a front strap on a medical side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the arch of the a wearer'"'"'s foot and a front strap on a lateral side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the metatarsal outer ball of the wearer'"'"'s foot.
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1. Shoe with an upper made of resiliently flexible materials, a central rotary closure, an instep cover in an instep area of the upper, said central rotary closure being provided on said instep cover, a tightening element connected to the central rotary closure, and guide elements at side parts of the upper, each of said guide elements having a deflecting element and said tightening element being guided from the instep cover laterally in the form of loops at each side of the upper, each loop being guided over the deflecting element of a respective one of the guide elements at the side parts of the upper, said central rotary closure forming a means for shortening the tightening element by rotating the central rotary closure to close the shoe and as a means for lengthening the tightening element to open the shoe;
- wherein the deflecting element of each guide element is provided on a free end of each of a plurality of separate straps, said separate straps comprising a rear strap at each of medial and lateral sides of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear from instep cover toward the heel, a front strap on a medial side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the arch of the a wearer'"'"'s foot and a front strap on a lateral side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the metatarsal outer ball of the wearer'"'"'s foot, the separate front and rear straps being firmly, connected with the shoe only at lower end areas thereof and excluding at least areas adjacent the deflecting elements; and
wherein said instep cover is interconnected with the lateral sides of the shoe only via interaction of the loops of the tightening elements with the deflecting elements of the separate straps over which they are guided. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- wherein the deflecting element of each guide element is provided on a free end of each of a plurality of separate straps, said separate straps comprising a rear strap at each of medial and lateral sides of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear from instep cover toward the heel, a front strap on a medial side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the arch of the a wearer'"'"'s foot and a front strap on a lateral side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the metatarsal outer ball of the wearer'"'"'s foot, the separate front and rear straps being firmly, connected with the shoe only at lower end areas thereof and excluding at least areas adjacent the deflecting elements; and
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