Patent · US Expired

Tightening lever with adjustable hook

US5669122A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 29, 1996
Grant dateSep 23, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/216
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A device for closing a boot, in particular a ski boot, designed to hold two sections of the boot together and comprising, first, a control lever carried by a plate made integral with one of the sections to be joined together, and second, on the other section, a rack, in one of the teeth of which a hooking device is designed to be engaged, this device being connected to the control lever by an inextensible tie rod. The hooking device has two hooking ends and is connected to the tie rod by a connection block on a pin belonging to which it rotates asymmetrically in a plane substantially parallel to that of the boot surface, the hooking ends being equipped with catches.

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