Shoe, especially sports shoe

US9375052B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PUMA SE · DE

Inventor

• Thomas Krueger · Tilst, DK

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A43C11/165
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A shoe having a sole connected with an upper shoe part that has two adjacent arranged tensioning sections in its instep region which are separated by a gap. A lacing system is arranged so the shoe can be laced at the foot of the wearer by pulling the tensioning sections against another. The lacing system has a central closure that tensions a first tensioning element. A tension transmitting element has first and second tensioning parts. The first tensioning element engages into the first tensioning part and pulls the same, during lacing of the first tensioning element, toward the instep region. A second tensioning element has two ends fixed at the sole. The second tensioning element engages into the second tensioning part and pulls the same, during lacing of the first tensioning element, toward the sole. The first and second tensioning parts are connected together via a tensioning element.