Sports shoe particularly for cycling

• US 8,109,015 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2006
• Issued: 02/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sidi Sport S.R.L.
• Original Assignee: Sidi Sport S.R.L.
• Inventors: Signori, Dino
• Primary Examiner(s): Patterson, Marie
• Application Number:
  US12/296,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20090133293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,915 Days
• Field of Search: 361/31, 36/586, 36/585, 36/69, 36/80, 36/92, 361/176, 361/178
• US Class Current: 36/131
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 11/00 Footwear with arrangements to facilitate putting-on or removing, e.g. with straps
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/088 Heel stiffeners A43B23/10, A43B23/14, A43B23/16, A43B23/17 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 11/00 Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes dress fastenings in general A44B

Abstract

A sports shoe, particularly for cycling, comprising a sole and a vamp in which is identified a heel area having a rear part from which extend respective walls juxtaposed and spaced for bilaterally encircling the heel of the user; in the heel area it comprises a pair of presser arms extending like a pincer, each behind the corresponding vamp wall at an upper part thereof, distal with respect to the sole, and located normally above the heel of the user.

Claims

1. A sports shoe, comprising a sole and a vamp in which is identified a heel area having a rear part from which extend respective walls juxtaposed and spaced for bilaterally encircling the heel of the user, and further comprising in said heel area, a pair of presser arms extending as pincers, each behind the corresponding vamp wall at an upper part thereof, distal with respect to said sole, and located above the heel of the user when the shoe is worn by the user, each presser arm extending in the same direction from a support integral with a rear part of the shoe and being hinged on the support by a respective pin.

2. A sports shoe, according to claim 1, wherein said arms are capable of being pivoted with respect to one another and an actuator is provided, acting between said arms in order to displace them between a position for clamping of said heel area and a position for release of same.

3. A sports shoe, according to claim 2, wherein said actuator is adjustable into at least one intermediate position between said clamping position and said release position.

4. A sports shoe, according to claim 2, wherein said actuator comprises a cam rotatably supported on the shoe and acting on corresponding ends of said arms.

5. A sports shoe, according to claim 2, wherein the arms are hinged to a support in a position such that, with respect to the hinge axis, a control appendage is defined on which said actuator acts.

6. A sports shoe, according to claim 5, wherein said cam is bilateral with symmetrical cam profiles and is mounted on said support between said control appendages.

7. A sports shoe, according to claim 6, wherein said cam profile is of elliptical section.

8. A sports shoe, according to claim 7, wherein said cam is provided on a neck integral with a control knob which is rotatably supported on said support.

9. A sports shoe according to claim 5, wherein the control appendage extending on the opposite side from the corresponding arm with reference to said hinge axis.

10. A sports shoe comprising a sole and a vamp in which is identified a heel area having a rear part from which extend respective walls juxtaposed and spaced for bilaterally encircling the heel of the user, and further comprising in said heel area, a pair of presser arms extending as pincers, each behind the corresponding vamp wall at an upper part thereof, distal with respect to said sole, and located above the heel of the user when the shoe is wore by the user, wherein said arms are capable of being pivoted with respect to one another and an actuator is provided, acting between said arms in order to displace them between a position for clamping of the heel area and a position for release of same, and wherein the arms are hinged to a support in a position such that, with respect to the hinge axis, a control appendage is defined on each arm on which the actuator acts, the control appendage extending on the opposite side from the corresponding arm with reference to said hinge axis.

11. A sports shoe according to claim 10, wherein said actuator is adjustable into at least one intermediate position between said clamping position and said release position.

12. A sports shoe according to claim 11, wherein said actuator comprises a cam rotatably supported on the shoe and acting on corresponding ends of said arms.

13. A sports shoe according to claim 12, wherein said cam is bilateral with symmetrical cam profiles and is mounted on said support between said control appendages.

14. A sports shoe according to claim 13, wherein said cam profile is of elliptical section.

15. A sports shoe according to claim 14, wherein said cam is provided on a neck integral with a control knob which is rotatably supported on said support.