EP0657117B1 - Buckle for skiboot - Google Patents

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EP0657117B1
EP0657117B1 EP94810577A EP94810577A EP0657117B1 EP 0657117 B1 EP0657117 B1 EP 0657117B1 EP 94810577 A EP94810577 A EP 94810577A EP 94810577 A EP94810577 A EP 94810577A EP 0657117 B1 EP0657117 B1 EP 0657117B1
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Cristiano Benetti
Denis Gallon
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/14—Clamp fastenings, e.g. strap fastenings; Clamp-buckle fastenings; Fastenings with toggle levers
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/146—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap
    • A43C11/148—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap characterised by special protection means to prevent damage or accidental loosening of the fastening means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/14—Clamp fastenings, e.g. strap fastenings; Clamp-buckle fastenings; Fastenings with toggle levers
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/14—Clamp fastenings, e.g. strap fastenings; Clamp-buckle fastenings; Fastenings with toggle levers
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/142—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the shoe, e.g. rack
    • A43C11/1446—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the shoe, e.g. rack characterised by special protection means to prevent damage or accidental loosening of the fastening means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2102—Cam lever and loop
    • Y10T24/2104—Step adjusted
    • Y10T24/2106—Ski boot and garment fasteners
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2143—Strap-attached folding lever
    • Y10T24/216—Ski boot and garment fasteners
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2183—Ski, boot, and shoe fasteners

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  • the present invention relates to a loop for ski boots comprising a tensioning lever articulated on a base and having a longitudinal notch in which is articulated a tie connected, on the other hand, to a fastening member.
  • Such a loop forms a projection. If such a projection is hardly annoying for a skier who does not practice competition, it is quite different for the skier practicing competition, in particular slalom.
  • the shoe often meets the pegs. The stake coming up against the loop, can unbalance the skier and cause him to fall. The impact on the loop can also cause the opening of the latter, or even its tearing.
  • the object of the invention is to produce a loop making it possible to obtain the same deflecting effect as with the projection of the shell, and thus to eliminate this projection.
  • the loop according to the invention is characterized in that the notch of the tension lever, and therefore also the tie rod, are offset laterally relative to the median longitudinal axis of the tension lever, towards the side of the loop intended for be disposed towards the rear of the shoe, and that the part of the tensioning lever situated on the opposite side of the notch has, over at least part of its width, a height decreasing towards the side intended to be disposed towards the front of the shoe.
  • This decreasing height can be obtained by a chamfer forming an inclined plane on which the stake comes to slide.
  • the lateral offset of the tie rod keeps all the necessary resistance to the buckle despite the thinning of one of its sides.
  • Loops with a certain asymmetry are certainly already known, but only at their ends, for purely aesthetic reasons.
  • a base 1 intended to be fixed on a ski boot shell by means of two rivets.
  • This base 1 has two vertical ears 2 and 3 on which a tensioning lever 4 is articulated by means of two coaxial axes, one of which, 5, is visible in the drawing.
  • the tensioning lever has a deep notch 6 extending longitudinally from the axis of articulation of the tensioning lever towards its end.
  • a tie rod 7 around an axis 8 passing through the tensioning lever.
  • This tie rod of adjustable length, is connected, by an axis 9, to a hooking member 10 having two parallel arms 11 and 12 connected at their ends by a transverse bar 13 intended to be hooked in a denture fixed on a opposite part of the shoe shell.
  • the tensioning lever 4 is further provided with a short auxiliary lever 14 articulated on the narrowed end of the tensioning lever 4 around an axis 15.
  • This auxiliary lever 14 is intended to facilitate gripping of the tensioner lever 4 while giving this tensioner lever an end which tapers towards the surface of the shoe so as to prevent accidental catching of the end of the tensioner lever.
  • the notch 6 is offset laterally, relative to the median longitudinal axis of the tensioning lever, in the direction of the side of the buckle intended to be disposed towards the rear of the shoe.
  • the opposite side of the buckle that is to say the side of the buckle looking towards the front of the shoe, has a chamfer 16 formed on the tensioning lever 4 and a corresponding chamfer 17 formed on the latching member 10.
  • the chamfer 16 of course also extends on the auxiliary lever 14 as indicated by the chamfer 16a.
  • the end of the auxiliary lever 14 is also partially chamfered as shown in 18.
  • the chamfers 16, 17 and 18 form a ramp or an inclined plane such that when a slalom stake hits the loop, it slides on this inclined plane and it is thus moved away from the loop without causing snagging.
  • the notch and the tie rod need not be offset laterally relative to the axis of symmetry of the base, but the offset relative to the median axis of the tensioning lever can be achieved by the addition of a lateral ramp on one side of the tensioner lever.

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La présente invention a pour objet une boucle pour chaussure de ski comprenant un levier-tendeur articulé sur une embase et présentant une encoche longitudinale dans laquelle est articulé un tirant relié, d'autre part, à un organe d'accrochage.The present invention relates to a loop for ski boots comprising a tensioning lever articulated on a base and having a longitudinal notch in which is articulated a tie connected, on the other hand, to a fastening member.

Une telle boucle est décrite, par exemple, dans le brevet US 4 051 611.Such a loop is described, for example, in US patent 4,051,611.

Une fois montée sur une chaussure de ski, une telle boucle forme une saillie. Si une telle saillie n'est guère gênante pour un skieur qui ne pratique pas la compétition, il en est tout autrement pour le skieur pratiquant la compétition, en particulier le slalom. Lors d'un slalom, la chaussure rencontre souvent les piquets. Le piquet venant buter contre la boucle, peut déséquilibrer le skieur et le faire chuter. Le choc sur la boucle peut en outre provoquer l'ouverture de celle-ci, voire même son arrachement.Once mounted on a ski boot, such a loop forms a projection. If such a projection is hardly annoying for a skier who does not practice competition, it is quite different for the skier practicing competition, in particular slalom. During a slalom, the shoe often meets the pegs. The stake coming up against the loop, can unbalance the skier and cause him to fall. The impact on the loop can also cause the opening of the latter, or even its tearing.

Il est bien connu de munir la partie antérieure de la coque de la chaussure d'une saillie en forme de rampe placée en avant des boucles pour dévier le piquet de telle manière qu'il ne rencontre pas les boucles.It is well known to provide the front part of the shell of the shoe with a ramp-shaped projection placed in front of the loops to deflect the stake so that it does not meet the loops.

La formation d'une saillie ou déviateur sur la coque entraîne une surépaisseur qui complique le moulage.The formation of a projection or deflector on the shell results in an excess thickness which complicates the molding.

L'invention a pour but de réaliser une boucle permettant d'obtenir le même effet déviateur qu'avec la saillie de la coque, et ainsi de supprimer cette saillie.The object of the invention is to produce a loop making it possible to obtain the same deflecting effect as with the projection of the shell, and thus to eliminate this projection.

La boucle selon l'invention est caractérisée en ce que l'encoche du levier-tendeur, et par conséquent aussi le tirant, sont déportés latéralement relativement à l'axe longitudinal médian du levier-tendeur, en direction du côté de la boucle destiné à être disposé vers l'arrière de la chaussure, et que la partie du levier-tendeur située du côté opposé de l'encoche présente, sur une partie au moins de sa largeur, une hauteur décroissant en direction du côté destiné à être disposé vers l'avant de la chaussure.The loop according to the invention is characterized in that the notch of the tension lever, and therefore also the tie rod, are offset laterally relative to the median longitudinal axis of the tension lever, towards the side of the loop intended for be disposed towards the rear of the shoe, and that the part of the tensioning lever situated on the opposite side of the notch has, over at least part of its width, a height decreasing towards the side intended to be disposed towards the front of the shoe.

Cette hauteur décroissante peut être obtenue par un chanfrein formant un plan incliné sur lequel le piquet vient glisser.This decreasing height can be obtained by a chamfer forming an inclined plane on which the stake comes to slide.

Le déport latéral du tirant permet de conserver à la boucle toute la résistance nécessaire malgré l'amincissement d'un de ses côtés.The lateral offset of the tie rod keeps all the necessary resistance to the buckle despite the thinning of one of its sides.

On connaît certes déjà des boucles présentant une certaine assymétrie, mais uniquement à leur extrémité, pour des raisons purement esthétiques.Loops with a certain asymmetry are certainly already known, but only at their ends, for purely aesthetic reasons.

Le dessin annexé représente, à titre d'exemple, une forme d'exécution de l'invention.The accompanying drawing shows, by way of example, an embodiment of the invention.

L'unique vue du dessin en représente une vue en perspective.The only view of the drawing represents a perspective view.

On reconnaît sur le dessin une embase 1 destinée à être fixée sur une coque de chaussure de ski au moyen de deux rivets. Cette embase 1 présente deux oreilles verticales 2 et 3 sur lesquelles est articulé un levier-tendeur 4 au moyen de deux axes coaxiaux dont l'un, 5, est visible sur le dessin. Le levier-tendeur présente une profonde encoche 6 s'étendant longitudinalement de l'axe d'articulation du levier-tendeur en direction de son extrémité. Dans cette encoche est articulé un tirant 7 autour d'un axe 8 traversant le levier-tendeur. Ce tirant, de longueur réglable, est relié, par un axe 9, à un organe d'accrochage 10 présentant deux bras parallèles 11 et 12 reliés à leurs extrémités par une barrette transversale 13 destinée à venir s'accrocher dans une dentière fixée sur une partie opposée de la coque de la chaussure. A son extrémité, le levier-tendeur 4 est en outre muni d'un court levier auxiliaire 14 articulé sur l'extrémité rétrécie du levier-tendeur 4 autour d'un axe 15. Ce levier-auxiliaire 14 est destiné à faciliter la préhension du levier-tendeur 4 tout en donnant à ce levier-tendeur une extrémité allant en s'amincissant en direction de la surface de la chaussure de manière à empêcher un accrochage accidentel de l'extrémité du levier-tendeur.We recognize in the drawing a base 1 intended to be fixed on a ski boot shell by means of two rivets. This base 1 has two vertical ears 2 and 3 on which a tensioning lever 4 is articulated by means of two coaxial axes, one of which, 5, is visible in the drawing. The tensioning lever has a deep notch 6 extending longitudinally from the axis of articulation of the tensioning lever towards its end. In this notch is articulated a tie rod 7 around an axis 8 passing through the tensioning lever. This tie rod, of adjustable length, is connected, by an axis 9, to a hooking member 10 having two parallel arms 11 and 12 connected at their ends by a transverse bar 13 intended to be hooked in a denture fixed on a opposite part of the shoe shell. At its end, the tensioning lever 4 is further provided with a short auxiliary lever 14 articulated on the narrowed end of the tensioning lever 4 around an axis 15. This auxiliary lever 14 is intended to facilitate gripping of the tensioner lever 4 while giving this tensioner lever an end which tapers towards the surface of the shoe so as to prevent accidental catching of the end of the tensioner lever.

L'encoche 6 est déportée latéralement, relativement à l'axe longitudinal médian du levier-tendeur, en direction du côté de la boucle destinée à être disposé vers l'arrière de la chaussure. D'autre part, le côté opposé de la boucle, c'est-à-dire le côté de la boucle regardant vers l'avant de la chaussure, présente un chanfrein 16 formé sur le levier-tendeur 4 et un chanfrein correspondant 17 formé sur l'organe d'accrochage 10. Le chanfrein 16 s'étend bien entendu également sur le levier-auxiliaire 14 comme indiqué par le chanfrein 16a. L'extrémité du levier auxiliaire 14 est également partiellement chanfreiné comme représenté en 18. Les chanfreins 16, 17 et 18 forment une rampe ou un plan incliné tel que lorsqu'un piquet de slalom vient heurter la boucle, il glisse sur ce plan incliné et il est ainsi écarté de la boucle sans provoquer d'accrochage.The notch 6 is offset laterally, relative to the median longitudinal axis of the tensioning lever, in the direction of the side of the buckle intended to be disposed towards the rear of the shoe. On the other hand, the opposite side of the buckle, that is to say the side of the buckle looking towards the front of the shoe, has a chamfer 16 formed on the tensioning lever 4 and a corresponding chamfer 17 formed on the latching member 10. The chamfer 16 of course also extends on the auxiliary lever 14 as indicated by the chamfer 16a. The end of the auxiliary lever 14 is also partially chamfered as shown in 18. The chamfers 16, 17 and 18 form a ramp or an inclined plane such that when a slalom stake hits the loop, it slides on this inclined plane and it is thus moved away from the loop without causing snagging.

Au lieu d'un chanfrein, il est possible de prévoir une épaisseur progressivement décroissante sous la forme d'un arrondi.Instead of a chamfer, it is possible to provide a progressively decreasing thickness in the form of a rounding.

Dans le cas où l'organe d'accrochage 10 est remplacé par un simple anneau rectangulaire de section ronde, seul le levier-tendeur, avec ou sans levier auxiliaire 14, présente un chanfrein latéral.In the case where the latching member 10 is replaced by a simple rectangular ring of round section, only the tensioning lever, with or without auxiliary lever 14, has a lateral chamfer.

L'encoche et le tirant ne doivent pas nécessairement être déportés latéralement relativement à l'axe de symétrie de l'embase, mais le déport relativement à l'axe médian du levier-tendeur peut être réalisé par l'adjonction d'une rampe latérale à l'un des côtés du levier-tendeur.The notch and the tie rod need not be offset laterally relative to the axis of symmetry of the base, but the offset relative to the median axis of the tensioning lever can be achieved by the addition of a lateral ramp on one side of the tensioner lever.

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  1. A buckle for a ski boot, comprising a tensioning lever (4) which is articulated onto a base (1) and has a longitudinal notch (6) in which a link rod (7), which is also connected to a fastening member (10), is articulated, characterised in that the notch (6) of the tensioning lever, and consequently also the link rod (7), are laterally offset relative to the longitudinal mid-axis of the tensioning lever (4), toward the side of the buckle which is intended to be arranged toward the rear of the boot, and in that the part of the tensioning lever located on the side opposite the notch has, over at least a part of its width, a height which decreases toward the side intended to be arranged toward the front of the boot.
  2. The buckle as claimed in claim in 1, characterised in that the decreasing height is given by a chamfer (16).
  3. The buckle as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the fastening member (10) also has a height which decreases from its side (17) corresponding to the side of the tensioning lever having decreasing height.
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