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EP1038458A1
EP1038458A1 EP00105848A EP00105848A EP1038458A1 EP 1038458 A1 EP1038458 A1 EP 1038458A1 EP 00105848 A EP00105848 A EP 00105848A EP 00105848 A EP00105848 A EP 00105848A EP 1038458 A1 EP1038458 A1 EP 1038458A1
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tongue
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Mario Bordin
Jérome Chaigne
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
    • A43B5/0405—Linings, paddings or insertions; Inner boots
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
    • A43B23/26—Tongues for shoes
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a footwear item which opens from the front and which has a protective tab on the top of the foot and relates in particular to a tongue comfort intended to come directly into contact with the top of the foot, and to its fixing system on the footwear.
  • Known footwear of this type relates generally to all shoes flexible for walking and running and so-called "hard shell” shoes such as ski, ice and roller skate shoes, mountaineering, etc ... which have a comfort liner which is housed inside their shell.
  • the known tongue fastening systems determine a fixed longitudinal mounting position or provide several adjustment possibilities between two extreme longitudinal positions either continuously or in a adjustable, in particular using woven ribbons that grip on contact.
  • patent EP 0317 798 teaches a liner with a tongue sliding between two extreme longitudinal positions determined by means of a assembly pin which is freely mounted through an oblong hole.
  • the tongue is supposed to move automatically against the front part of the leg the user when the shell of the shoe is closed on the liner.
  • its longitudinal displacement is essentially carried out under the side walls of the liner, and that it results from the stress exerted by the closing elements of the shell on the slipper, there is significant friction between it and these contiguous parts of the liner and shell that hinder its sliding.
  • it's the user of the shoe who, manually, must ensure the adjustment of the tongue against the front part of the leg.
  • the tongue connecting tapes therefore make it possible to adjust the footwear volume at the feet of the user without causing problems that could affect comfort. Furthermore, the fact that the fixing of the tongue results simply from the interweaving of the wires woven ribbons together, there is a multitude of possibilities for adjusting the position longitudinal of the tongue. Of course, the more the contact surface of the woven ribbons important the more the adjustment possibilities are numerous.
  • the footwear opening from the front and comprising a tongue of protection of the top of the foot which is attached to its anterior end via an adjustable fastening system, comprising woven ribbons which grip by contact is characterized by the fact that the fastening system consists of at least one flexible strip thin, oriented in the longitudinal axis of the footwear, which is fixed by a tip on the anterior end of the latter and which is folded on itself, by its other free end, to form a tongue retaining loop, woven ribbons being secured to the flexible strip on the side where it is folded to ensure the closure of the loop thus formed.
  • the position of the tongue in the longitudinal direction of the article footwear can be adjusted by simply changing the hanging position of the woven ribbons between them and this, continuously considering the fact that the woven threads of the ribbons can almost overlap with each other at all points.
  • the present fixing system with woven ribbons gripping by contact allows easy replacement of the tongue since it does not require the destruction of any element of the footwear.
  • the folding thereof to form the tongue hooking loop can be done with a small radius that does not increase significantly the external volume of the anterior end of the footwear.
  • the flexible strip has a certain surface, the possible pressures which could be applied on it would be distributed over this surface.
  • the system of binding is therefore easy to integrate into the overall structure of a footwear item in particular when it is a comfort liner housed in the shell of a shoe thanks to its thinness, flexibility and suppleness as well as the extent of its contact surface.
  • the protective tab present at its front end a transverse attachment means on which the flexible band is looped.
  • the tongue can thus pivot in a vertical plane thanks to its hooking means which turns in the loop formed by the flexible strip. This avoids the formation of folds at the end front of the tongue, which usually occurs with the use of shoes in the sewn and / or fixed tabs with woven ribbons which constitute an extension of the tabs as previously described.
  • This attachment means is, for example, constituted by a bar transverse to the axis longitudinal of the footwear.
  • the attachment means is consisting of a ring, a portion of which extends over the flexible band transversely to the longitudinal axis of the footwear.
  • an opening with a closed contour corresponding substantially to the profile transverse flexible band is obtained in the front end of the tongue and contiguous way by hooking.
  • the flexible strip can be passed through, by its free end, at the same time as it loops on the medium hanging; this assembly makes it possible to limit the subsequent displacements of the tongue in translation in the longitudinal direction of the footwear and towards the front of the latter because the tongue then finds additional support at the level of the loop formed by the strip flexible through the periphery of the opening which it comprises and which abuts on the loop.
  • the entire surface of the flexible strip which is directed to the side where the latter is folded is dressed by woven ribbons.
  • the ribbons woven together in several places between two positions extreme longitudinal reciprocal attachment.
  • these two positions extremes are indicated on the front part of the footwear and / or on the band flexible, for example by a mark, to warn of the limits not to be exceeded to guarantee a minimum gripping surface in grip and thus a certain solidity of the retaining-fixing of the tongue on the footwear.
  • the tongue extends under the flaps cross-section of the footwear, in particular under the tightening and / or support, such as lacing devices, which secure the flaps on the foot. More precisely, the tongue has at least its lateral edges which extend under the flaps transverse of the footwear while its front end, provided with the means hanging, spring outside said flaps on the front end of the article footwear.
  • the footwear shown in Figures 1 and 2 is a comfort boot 1 which opens from the front and which has a comfort tab 2 intended to come directly into contact of the top of the foot, not shown.
  • the tongue 2 is attached to the anterior end 3 of the liner 1 via a fastening system 4, adjustable using woven ribbons 5, 6 which grip by contact.
  • This fixing system 4 consists of a flexible strip and thin 7 which is provided with woven ribbons 5 and 6 and which is folded on itself so as to form a loop 8 intended to retain a hooking means 9 provided at the front end 10 of the tongue 2.
  • the woven ribbons 5 and 6 are secured to the flexible strip 7 on the side where it is folded in order to ensure the closure of the loop 8 which it forms.
  • the flexible strip 7 is oriented in the longitudinal axis of the latter and is fixed by its end 11 on the anterior end 3 thereof. This way you just have to change the position hooking the free end 12 relative to the fixed end 11 to cause the movement of the loop 8 which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the footwear 1.
  • the hooking means 9 of the tongue 2 is also provided, with an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal one of footwear 1; in this way the tongue 2 remains free to debate in the vertical direction by pivoting on its hooking means 9, which makes it easier to put on the shoes.
  • At least one mark 15, fixed on the front part 3 of the article fit 1 indicates and / or identifies the limits for adjusting the free end 12 of the flexible strip 7 not to be exceeded to be sure of having this minimum of gripping surface in taken.
  • marks 16 are produced on the flexible strip 7 in order to make the and / or the longitudinal adjustment positions of the loop 8 more visible and therefore of the tongue 2 by means of its hooking means 7.
  • an opening 18 with a contour closed is obtained in the front end 10 of the tongue 2, the hooking means 7 of this last delimiting this opening 18 on the side directed towards the anterior end 3 of the article footwear 1.
  • the closed outline of the opening 18 is determined to correspond approximately to the transverse profile of the flexible strip 7 so that the tongue 2 does not cannot move in translation later on.
  • the tongue 2 bears directly on the loop 8 before applying the woven ribbons 5 and 6; this arrangement makes such a fastening system 4 significantly more efficient in holding than the fastening systems where the woven ribbons are partly arranged on the tongue and partly on the footwear as is the case in the state of the art.
  • the lateral edges 22 of the tongue 2 extend under the transverse flaps 19 of the footwear 1 while its front end 10 provided with the hooking means 9 spring on the anterior end 3 of said footwear item 1.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to give the front end 10 of the tongue 2 an overall shape. similar to a T whose cross bar, provided with the hooking means 9, extends beyond relatively transverse flaps 19 at this location of the fastening system 4 while the vertical bar of the T is adjusted to the spacing thereof.
  • This mounting the front end 10 of the tongue 2 obviously reinforces its retention in position on the footwear 1.
  • the footwear item 21 shown is a flexible walking shoe. She includes, in the same way as for footwear 1 exposed with reference to Figures 1 and 2 a tongue 2, attached to the anterior end 3 of the footwear 21, by through a fastening system 4 comprising woven ribbons 5, 6. All the elements components used to fix the tongue 2 and adjust it being similar, their description is therefore not included.
  • the attachment means 9 of the tongue 2 can be constituted by a hanging bar or by a hanging ring.
  • the ring can advantageously be of approximately oval shape, like an O, and be mounted on the front end 10 of the tongue 2 transversely to the longitudinal axis of the article fitting 1, 21 so that the ends of the O extend beyond the transverse flaps 19 of this latest.
  • the tongue 2 which is preferably arranged under the transverse flaps 19 of the article of footwear so as to ensure the most effective protection possible, despite everything be arranged over these flaps 19.

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Abstract

The boot (1) has an upper which extends some way up the calf of the wearer's leg and may be padded inside. It is open at the front of the leg and the top of the foot, and the opening is closed by an elongated tongue (2). The tongue is free at the top and fits inside the upper with a wide area of overlap (19). It is fastened to the upper by a buckle (8) near the toe of the boot. A flexible band (7) at the lower end of the tongue passes through the buckle and is bent double and has enlarged ends which resist being pulled through the buckle.

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L'invention concerne un article chaussant qui s'ouvre par l'avant et qui comporte une languette de protection du dessus de pied et se rapporte en particulier à une languette de confort destinée à venir directement au contact du dessus de pied, et à son système de fixation sur l'article chaussant.The invention relates to a footwear item which opens from the front and which has a protective tab on the top of the foot and relates in particular to a tongue comfort intended to come directly into contact with the top of the foot, and to its fixing system on the footwear.

Les articles chaussants connus de ce type concernent globalement toutes les chaussures souples destinées à la marche et à la course et les chaussures dites "à coque rigide" telles que les chaussures de ski, de patin à glace et à roulettes, d'alpinisme, etc...qui comportent un chausson de confort qui est logé à l'intérieur de leur coque.Known footwear of this type relates generally to all shoes flexible for walking and running and so-called "hard shell" shoes such as ski, ice and roller skate shoes, mountaineering, etc ... which have a comfort liner which is housed inside their shell.

Dans ces articles chaussants, les systèmes connus de fixation de la languette déterminent une position fixe de montage longitudinal ou procurent plusieurs possibilités d'ajustement entre deux positions extrêmes longitudinales soit d'une manière continue soit d'une manière réglable, notamment à l'aide de rubans tissés qui s'agrippent par contact.In these footwear, the known tongue fastening systems determine a fixed longitudinal mounting position or provide several adjustment possibilities between two extreme longitudinal positions either continuously or in a adjustable, in particular using woven ribbons that grip on contact.

On peut citer les brevets EP 0317 798, FR 2 682 858 et US 4 805 321 qui décrivent de tels articles chaussants ainsi que les chaussures de ski modèles "RACE, CARVE, FREE", commercialisées sous la marque ROSSIGNOL en 1999.We can cite the patents EP 0317 798, FR 2 682 858 and US 4 805 321 which describe such footwear as well as "RACE, CARVE, FREE" ski boots, marketed under the ROSSIGNOL brand in 1999.

Plus précisément, le brevet EP 0317 798 enseigne un chausson avec une languette coulissante entre deux positions longitudinales extrêmes déterminées par l'intermédiaire d'un axe d'assemblage qui est monté librement au travers d'une lumière oblongue. Ainsi montée, la languette est sensée se déplacer automatiquement contre la partie antérieure de la jambe de l'utilisateur lorsque la coque de la chaussure est refermée sur le chausson. Cependant, du fait que son déplacement longitudinal s'effectue pour l'essentiel sous les parois latérales du chausson, et qu'il résulte de la contrainte exercée par les éléments de fermeture de la coque sur le chausson, il se produit des frottements importants entre elle et ces parties contiguës du chausson et de la coque qui entravent son glissement. En fait, de manière quasi-générale, c'est l'utilisateur de la chaussure qui, manuellement, doit assurer l'ajustement de la languette contre la partie antérieure de la jambe.More specifically, patent EP 0317 798 teaches a liner with a tongue sliding between two extreme longitudinal positions determined by means of a assembly pin which is freely mounted through an oblong hole. Thus mounted, the tongue is supposed to move automatically against the front part of the leg the user when the shell of the shoe is closed on the liner. However, because that its longitudinal displacement is essentially carried out under the side walls of the liner, and that it results from the stress exerted by the closing elements of the shell on the slipper, there is significant friction between it and these contiguous parts of the liner and shell that hinder its sliding. In fact, almost generally, it's the user of the shoe who, manually, must ensure the adjustment of the tongue against the front part of the leg.

Un autre inconvénient concerne la nécessité de rapporter une pièce de renforcement relativement rigide sur l'avant du chausson pour réaliser une liaison coulissante et solide avec la languette. Cette disposition complique la construction du chausson et empêche l'ajustement de ce dernier sur le pied de l'utilisateur à l'endroit de la pièce de renforcement. De plus, telle que la liaison est réalisée entre la lumière oblongue, qui est obtenue dans cette pièce de renforcement, et l'axe d'assemblage, l'amovibilité de la languette en vue de son remplacement est impossible sans destruction d'un des éléments constitutifs de celle liaison.Another drawback concerns the need to bring a reinforcement piece relatively rigid on the front of the liner for a sliding and solid connection with the tongue. This arrangement complicates the construction of the liner and prevents adjustment of the latter on the foot of the user at the location of the reinforcement piece. In addition, such that the connection is made between the oblong light, which is obtained in this piece of reinforcement, and the assembly axis, the removability of the tongue for its replacement is impossible without destroying one of the constituent elements of that connection.

Dans le cas du chausson décrit dans le brevet FR 2 682 858, les inconvénients précédents qui résultent des frottements qui se produisent entre la languette et les parties contiguës du chausson et de la coque sont évités. En effet, dans cet exemple la languette est simplement retenue sur le chausson dans une position prédéterminée à l'aide de moyens de verrouillage amovibles. Par contre, on ne dispose plus de plusieurs possibilités de réglage en position longitudinale pour l'ajuster sur la partie antérieure de la jambe et du pied de l'utilisateur. De plus, ce type de chausson nécessite de prévoir un certain espace libre entre la coque et l'avant du chausson où sont situés les moyens de verrouillage de la languette; en effet, ceux-ci se présentant relativement en saillie et, s'étendant sur une surface réduite, sont susceptibles d'être à l'origine de points de pression douloureux sur le pied de l'utilisateur dès lors que la coque de la chaussure est ajustée à leur endroit. Ce genre de problème, déjà évoqué en référence au chausson décrit dans le brevet EP 0317 798, est écarté dans les constructions où l'article chaussant s'ouvrant par l'avant comporte une languette de protection du dessus du pied qui est rapportée à son extrémité antérieure par l'intermédiaire d'un système de fixation réglable constitué de rubans tissés qui s'agrippent par contact, l'un des rubans constituant un prolongement de l'extrémité avant de la languette. En effet, comme cela est enseigné par le brevet US 4 805 321 et par les chaussons qui équipent les modèles de chaussures "RACE-CARVE-FREE" de la marque ROSSIGNOL, les rubans s'intègrent facilement dans la structure globale de la chaussure grâce à leur minceur et à leur souplesse ainsi qu'à leur surface de contact. Ne présentant pas de parties localement en saillie ni de pièce de renforcement, les rubans de liaison de la languette permettent par conséquent d'ajuster le volume chaussant au pied de l'utilisateur sans poser de problèmes pouvant nuire au confort. Par ailleurs, du fait que la fixation de la languette résulte simplement de l'imbrication des fils tissés des rubans entre eux, on dispose d'une multitude de possibilités de réglage de la position longitudinale de la languette. Bien entendu, plus la surface de contact des rubans tissés est importante plus les possibilités de réglage sont nombreuses.In the case of the liner described in patent FR 2 682 858, the drawbacks precedents which result from friction which occurs between the tongue and the parts adjoining the liner and the shell are avoided. Indeed, in this example the tongue is simply retained on the liner in a predetermined position using means of removable locks. On the other hand, there are no longer several adjustment possibilities in longitudinal position to adjust it to the front part of the leg and foot the user. In addition, this type of liner requires a certain free space between the shell and front of the liner where the tongue locking means are located; in indeed, these are relatively projecting and, extending over a reduced area, are likely to cause painful pressure points on the user's foot as soon as when the shell of the shoe is adjusted in their place. This kind of problem, already mentioned with reference to the liner described in patent EP 0317 798, is excluded in the constructions where the footwear opening from the front has a protective tab above the foot which is attached to its anterior end by means of a fixing system adjustable made of woven ribbons which grip by contact, one of the ribbons constituting a extension of the front end of the tongue. Indeed, as taught by the US Patent 4,805,321 and by the slippers fitted to the "RACE-CARVE-FREE" shoe models ROSSIGNOL brand, the ribbons are easily integrated into the overall structure of the shoe thanks to their thinness and flexibility as well as their contact surface. Having no locally projecting parts or parts reinforcement, the tongue connecting tapes therefore make it possible to adjust the footwear volume at the feet of the user without causing problems that could affect comfort. Furthermore, the fact that the fixing of the tongue results simply from the interweaving of the wires woven ribbons together, there is a multitude of possibilities for adjusting the position longitudinal of the tongue. Of course, the more the contact surface of the woven ribbons important the more the adjustment possibilities are numerous.

Ce mode de fixation donne globalement satisfaction pour les raisons évoquées ci-avant mais présente cependant l'inconvénient d'être peu solide, notamment peu résistant aux sollicitations que la languette lui impose en translation dans l'axe longitudinal de la chaussure car l'un des rubans tissés est directement fixé sur la languette. C'est ainsi que ces sollicitations, qui résultent des moindres mouvements en flexion de la coque et/ou de la tige de la chaussure, provoquent, à force de répétition, des pliures à l'extrémité avant de la languette et le décrochage progressif des rubans tissés jusqu'à libérer totalement la languette. C'est ce qui se produit quasi-généralement lorsque la languette est préréglée dans une position où les rubans tissés ne sont pas en prise sur toute leur surface agrippante. Egalement, lorsque l'utilisateur exerce une traction sur la languette en vue de la plaquer contre son bas de jambe et/ou sur le dessus du pied au moment du chaussage, la languette se décroche souvent.This method of attachment is generally satisfactory for the reasons mentioned above but has the drawback of being weak, in particular not very resistant to stresses that the tongue imposes on it in translation in the longitudinal axis of the shoe because one of the woven ribbons is directly attached to the tongue. This is how these requests, which result from the slightest flexing movements of the shell and / or the upper of the shoe, cause, by repetition, creases at the front end of the tongue and the gradual release of the woven ribbons until the tongue is completely released. This is what almost always occurs when the tab is preset in a position where the ribbons woven fabrics are not engaged over their entire gripping surface. Also, when the user pulls the tongue to press it against his lower leg and / or the above the foot when putting on, the tongue often releases.

La présente invention a pour but de pallier les différents inconvénients des systèmes de fixation des languettes décrits ci-avant et propose notamment un système de fixation qui permet :

  • de régler en continu la position longitudinale de la languette et de l'arrêter de manière solide dans la position choisie entre deux positions limites de réglage,
  • de repérer la position de réglage de la languette en particulier par rapport aux positions limites de réglage,
  • de procéder au remplacement éventuel de la languette sans destruction d'un élément quelconque de celle-ci ou du système de fixation,
  • d'ajuster le volume chaussant au pied de l'utilisateur sans être la source de points de pression douloureux,
  • de laisser la languette libre de débattre en pivotement dans un plan vertical pour faciliter le chaussage-déchaussage.
The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the various drawbacks of the tab fastening systems described above and in particular proposes a fastening system which allows:
  • continuously adjust the longitudinal position of the tongue and stop it solidly in the position chosen between two limit adjustment positions,
  • identify the adjustment position of the tongue in particular with respect to the limit adjustment positions,
  • to proceed with the possible replacement of the tongue without destroying any element of it or of the fixing system,
  • adjust the footwear volume at the foot of the user without being the source of painful pressure points,
  • to leave the tongue free to debate in pivoting in a vertical plane to facilitate putting on and taking off.

A cet effet, l'article chaussant s'ouvrant par l'avant et comportant une languette de protection du dessus du pied qui est rapportée à son extrémité antérieure par l'intermédiaire d'un système de fixation réglable, comportant des rubans tissés qui s'agrippent par contact, se caractérise par le fait que le système de fixation est constitué d'au moins une bande flexible mince, orientée dans l'axe longitudinal de l'article chaussant, qui est fixée par un bout sur l'extrémité antérieure de ce dernier et qui est pliée sur elle-même, par son autre bout libre, pour former une boucle de retenue de la languette, des rubans tissés étant solidarisés de la bande flexible du côté où elle est pliée afin d'assurer la fermeture de la boucle ainsi formée.For this purpose, the footwear opening from the front and comprising a tongue of protection of the top of the foot which is attached to its anterior end via an adjustable fastening system, comprising woven ribbons which grip by contact, is characterized by the fact that the fastening system consists of at least one flexible strip thin, oriented in the longitudinal axis of the footwear, which is fixed by a tip on the anterior end of the latter and which is folded on itself, by its other free end, to form a tongue retaining loop, woven ribbons being secured to the flexible strip on the side where it is folded to ensure the closure of the loop thus formed.

Par ces caractéristiques, la position de la languette dans le sens longitudinal de l'article chaussant peut être réglée en modifiant simplement la position d'accrochage des rubans tissés entre eux et cela, en continu compte tenu du fait que les fils tissés des rubans peuvent quasiment s'imbriquer entre eux en tout point. Bien entendu, le présent système de fixation avec des rubans tissés s'agrippant par contact permet le remplacement aisé de la languette puisqu'il ne nécessite pas la destruction d'un élément quelconque de l'article chaussant.By these characteristics, the position of the tongue in the longitudinal direction of the article footwear can be adjusted by simply changing the hanging position of the woven ribbons between them and this, continuously considering the fact that the woven threads of the ribbons can almost overlap with each other at all points. Of course, the present fixing system with woven ribbons gripping by contact allows easy replacement of the tongue since it does not require the destruction of any element of the footwear.

Par ailleurs, s'agissant d'une bande flexible et mince, le pliage de celle-ci pour former la boucle d'accrochage de la languette peut se faire suivant un petit rayon qui n'augmente pas de manière sensible le volume extérieur de l'extrémité antérieure de l'article chaussant. De plus, compte tenu que la bande flexible présente une certaine surface, les pressions éventuelles qui pouffaient être appliquées dessus se trouveraient réparties sur cette surface. Le système de fixation est donc aisé à intégrer dans la structure globale d'un article chaussant notamment lorsqu'il s'agit d'un chausson de confort logé dans la coque d'une chaussure grâce à sa minceur, sa flexibilité-souplesse ainsi qu'à l'étendue de sa surface de contact.Furthermore, being a flexible and thin strip, the folding thereof to form the tongue hooking loop can be done with a small radius that does not increase significantly the external volume of the anterior end of the footwear. Moreover, given that the flexible strip has a certain surface, the possible pressures which could be applied on it would be distributed over this surface. The system of binding is therefore easy to integrate into the overall structure of a footwear item in particular when it is a comfort liner housed in the shell of a shoe thanks to its thinness, flexibility and suppleness as well as the extent of its contact surface.

Selon une autre caractéristique, la languette de protection présente à son extrémité avant un moyen d'accrochage transversal sur lequel se boucle la bande flexible. La languette peut ainsi pivoter dans un plan vertical grâce à son moyen d'accrochage qui tourne dans la boucle formée par la bande flexible. On évite par conséquent la formation de pliures à l'extrémité avant de la languette, ce qui se produit habituellement à l'usage à force de chaussagesdéchaussages dans les languettes cousues et/ou fixées à l'aide de rubans tissés qui constituent un prolongement des languettes comme exposé précédemment.According to another characteristic, the protective tab present at its front end a transverse attachment means on which the flexible band is looped. The tongue can thus pivot in a vertical plane thanks to its hooking means which turns in the loop formed by the flexible strip. This avoids the formation of folds at the end front of the tongue, which usually occurs with the use of shoes in the sewn and / or fixed tabs with woven ribbons which constitute an extension of the tabs as previously described.

Ce moyen d'accrochage est, par exemple, constitué par une barrette transversale à l'axe longitudinal de l'article chaussant. Selon un autre exemple, le moyen d'accrochage est constitué par un anneau dont une portion, sur laquelle se boucle la bande flexible, s'étend transversalement à l'axe longitudinal de l'article chaussant.This attachment means is, for example, constituted by a bar transverse to the axis longitudinal of the footwear. According to another example, the attachment means is consisting of a ring, a portion of which extends over the flexible band transversely to the longitudinal axis of the footwear.

Avantageusement, une ouverture à contour fermé correspondant sensiblement au profil transversal de la bande flexible est obtenue dans l'extrémité avant de la languette et de manière contiguë au moyen d'accrochage. Par cette disposition la bande flexible peut être passée à travers, par son bout libre, en même temps qu'elle se boucle sur le moyen d'accrochage; ce montage permet de limiter les déplacements ultérieurs de la languette en translation dans le sens longitudinal de l'article chaussant et vers l'avant de ce dernier car la languette trouve alors un appui supplémentaire au niveau de la boucle formée par la bande flexible par l'intermédiaire du pourtour de l'ouverture qu'elle comporte et qui bute sur la boucle.Advantageously, an opening with a closed contour corresponding substantially to the profile transverse flexible band is obtained in the front end of the tongue and contiguous way by hooking. By this arrangement the flexible strip can be passed through, by its free end, at the same time as it loops on the medium hanging; this assembly makes it possible to limit the subsequent displacements of the tongue in translation in the longitudinal direction of the footwear and towards the front of the latter because the tongue then finds additional support at the level of the loop formed by the strip flexible through the periphery of the opening which it comprises and which abuts on the loop.

Afin de disposer d'un maximum de positions de réglage longitudinal de la boucle d'accrochage de la languette, toute la surface de la bande flexible qui est dirigée du côté où cette dernière est pliée, est habillée par les rubans tissés. De cette manière on peut faire coopérer les rubans tissés entre eux en plusieurs endroits compris entre deux positions longitudinales extrêmes d'accrochage réciproque. Avantageusement, ces deux positions extrêmes sont indiquées sur la partie antérieure de l'article chaussant et/ou sur la bande flexible, par exemple par un repère, pour avertir des limites à ne pas dépasser pour garantir un minimum de surface agrippante en prise et ainsi une certaine solidité de la retenue-fixation de la languette sur l'article chaussant.In order to have a maximum of longitudinal adjustment positions of the buckle tongue hooking, the entire surface of the flexible strip which is directed to the side where the latter is folded, is dressed by woven ribbons. In this way we can do cooperate the ribbons woven together in several places between two positions extreme longitudinal reciprocal attachment. Advantageously, these two positions extremes are indicated on the front part of the footwear and / or on the band flexible, for example by a mark, to warn of the limits not to be exceeded to guarantee a minimum gripping surface in grip and thus a certain solidity of the retaining-fixing of the tongue on the footwear.

Selon un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, qui correspond par ailleurs à la destination d'une languette de protection du dessus de pied, la languette s'étend sous les rabats transversaux de l'article chaussant notamment sous les dispositifs de serrage et/ou de maintien, tels que les dispositifs à laçage, qui assujettissent les rabats sur le pied. Plus précisément, la languette a au moins ses bords latéraux qui s'étendent sous les rabats transversaux de l'article chaussant tandis que son extrémité avant, munie du moyen d'accrochage, ressort à l'extérieur desdits rabats sur l'extrémité antérieure de l'article chaussant.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, which moreover corresponds to the destination of a protective tab on the top of the foot, the tongue extends under the flaps cross-section of the footwear, in particular under the tightening and / or support, such as lacing devices, which secure the flaps on the foot. More precisely, the tongue has at least its lateral edges which extend under the flaps transverse of the footwear while its front end, provided with the means hanging, spring outside said flaps on the front end of the article footwear.

L'invention sera du reste mieux comprise en se reportant à la description qui va suivre en référence au dessin annexé montrant, à titre d'exemple, comment la languette de l'article chaussant peut être fixée.

  • La figure 1 montre, vue en perspective, un article chaussant, tel qu'un chausson de confort destiné à être logé dans la coque d'une chaussure, muni d'une languette selon l'invention.
  • La figure 2 illustre, vue en coupe longitudinale partielle, la partie antérieure du chausson de la figure 1 avec le dispositif de fixation de la languette.
  • La figure 3 représente, vue en perspective, un autre article chaussant, tel qu'une chaussure souple de marche, muni d'une languette avec son dispositif de fixation.
    • The invention will moreover be better understood by referring to the description which follows with reference to the accompanying drawing showing, by way of example, how the tongue of the footwear can be fixed.
  • Figure 1 shows, in perspective view, an article of footwear, such as a comfort liner intended to be housed in the shell of a shoe, provided with a tongue according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates, seen in partial longitudinal section, the front part of the boot of FIG. 1 with the device for fixing the tongue.
  • FIG. 3 represents, in perspective view, another article of footwear, such as a flexible walking shoe, provided with a tongue with its fastening device.

    • L'article chaussant représenté aux figures 1 et 2 est un chausson de confort 1 qui s'ouvre par l'avant et qui comporte une languette de confort 2 destinée à venir directement au contact du dessus de pied, non représenté. La languette 2 est rapportée à l'extrémité antérieure 3 du chausson 1 par l'intermédiaire d'un système de fixation 4, réglable à l'aide de rubans tissés 5, 6 qui s'agrippent par contact. Ce système de fixation 4 est constitué d'une bande flexible et mince 7 qui est pourvue des rubans tissés 5 et 6 et qui est pliée sur elle-même de manière à former une boucle 8 destinée à retenir un moyen d'accrochage 9 prévu à l'extrémité avant 10 de la languette 2. Bien entendu, les rubans tissés 5 et 6 sont solidarisés de la bande flexible 7 du côté où elle est pliée afin d'assurer la fermeture de la boucle 8 qu'elle forme.The footwear shown in Figures 1 and 2 is a comfort boot 1 which opens from the front and which has a comfort tab 2 intended to come directly into contact of the top of the foot, not shown. The tongue 2 is attached to the anterior end 3 of the liner 1 via a fastening system 4, adjustable using woven ribbons 5, 6 which grip by contact. This fixing system 4 consists of a flexible strip and thin 7 which is provided with woven ribbons 5 and 6 and which is folded on itself so as to form a loop 8 intended to retain a hooking means 9 provided at the front end 10 of the tongue 2. Of course, the woven ribbons 5 and 6 are secured to the flexible strip 7 on the side where it is folded in order to ensure the closure of the loop 8 which it forms.

    S'agissant de régler la position de la languette 2 longitudinalement sur l'article chaussant 1, la bande flexible 7 est orientée dans l'axe longitudinal de ce dernier et est fixé par son bout 11 sur l'extrémité antérieure 3 de celui-ci. De cette façon il suffit de modifier la position d'accrochage du bout libre 12 relativement au bout fixe 11 pour entraíner le déplacement de la boucle 8 qui est d'axe perpendiculaire à celui longitudinal de l'article chaussant 1. Bien entendu, le moyen d'accrochage 9 de la languette 2 est prévu, lui aussi, d'axe perpendiculaire à celui longitudinal de l'article chaussant 1; de cette façon la languette 2 reste libre de débattre dans le sens vertical en pivotant sur son moyen d'accrochage 9, ce qui facilite le chaussagedéchaussage.Regarding adjusting the position of the tongue 2 longitudinally on the footwear 1, the flexible strip 7 is oriented in the longitudinal axis of the latter and is fixed by its end 11 on the anterior end 3 thereof. This way you just have to change the position hooking the free end 12 relative to the fixed end 11 to cause the movement of the loop 8 which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the footwear 1. Good heard, the hooking means 9 of the tongue 2 is also provided, with an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal one of footwear 1; in this way the tongue 2 remains free to debate in the vertical direction by pivoting on its hooking means 9, which makes it easier to put on the shoes.

    Ces différentes dispositions permettent d'ajuster la languette 2 soit vers l'avant soit vers l'arrière, tel qu'indiqué respectivement par les flèches 13 et 14, en modifiant simplement la longueur rabattue du bout libre 12 de la bande flexible 7 sur le bout fixe 11. Ceci est rendu possible compte tenu du fait que les fils tissés des rubans 5 et 6 dont sont pourvus les bouts 11 et 12 de la bande flexible 7 peuvent s'imbriquer entre eux en tout point. Afin de disposer d'une grande plage de réglage toute la surface de la bande flexible 7, qui est dirigée du côté où cette dernière est pliée, est habillée par les rubans tissés 5 et 6 et le bout libre 12 est prévu relativement plus long que le bout fixe 11. Ainsi on peut modifier la position d'accrochage du bout libre 12 entre deux positions extrêmes de réglage en conservant une surface agrippante en prise avec le bout fixe 11 toujours suffisante pour garantir la solidité de la fermeture de la boucle 8. Avantageusement au moins un repère 15, fixe sur la partie antérieure 3 de l'article chaussant 1, permet d'indiquer et/ou de repérer les limites de réglage du bout libre 12 de la bande flexible 7 à ne pas dépasser pour être sûr d'avoir ce minimum de surface agrippante en prise. En association avec ce repère 15, des marques 16 sont réalisées sur la bande flexible 7 afin de rendre plus visible la et/ou les positions de réglage longitudinal de la boucle 8 et donc de la languette 2 par l'intermédiaire de son moyen d'accrochage 7.These different arrangements make it possible to adjust the tongue 2 either towards the front or towards the rear, as indicated by arrows 13 and 14 respectively, by simply changing the folded length of the free end 12 of the flexible strip 7 on the fixed end 11. This is made possible given the fact that the woven threads of ribbons 5 and 6 with which the ends 11 are provided and 12 of the flexible strip 7 can overlap each other at any point. In order to have a large adjustment range the entire surface of the flexible strip 7, which is directed to the side where this last one is folded, is covered by the woven ribbons 5 and 6 and the free end 12 is provided relatively longer than the fixed end 11. Thus, the attachment position of the free end 12 between two extreme adjustment positions while retaining a gripping surface in engagement with the fixed end 11 always sufficient to guarantee the solidity of the closure of the loop 8. Advantageously at least one mark 15, fixed on the front part 3 of the article fit 1, indicates and / or identifies the limits for adjusting the free end 12 of the flexible strip 7 not to be exceeded to be sure of having this minimum of gripping surface in taken. In association with this reference 15, marks 16 are produced on the flexible strip 7 in order to make the and / or the longitudinal adjustment positions of the loop 8 more visible and therefore of the tongue 2 by means of its hooking means 7.

    Selon un détail de construction, plus visible sur la figure 2, une ouverture 18 à contour fermé est obtenue dans l'extrémité avant 10 de la languette 2, le moyen d'accrochage 7 de cette dernière délimitant cette ouverture 18 du côté dirigé vers l'extrémité antérieure 3 de l'article chaussant 1. Le contour fermé de l'ouverture 18 est déterminé pour correspondre approximativement au profil transversal de la bande flexible 7 de sorte que la languette 2 ne puisse pas se déplacer en translation ultérieurement à son réglage. En fait, en l'absence de jeu entre la bande flexible 7 et l'ouverture 18, la languette 2 prend directement appui sur la boucle 8 avant de solliciter les rubans tissés 5 et 6; cette disposition rend un tel système de fixation 4 nettement plus performant en tenue que les systèmes de fixation où les rubans tissés sont disposés pour partie sur la languette et pour partie sur l'article chaussant comme c'est le cas dans l'état de l'art. En tout état de cause lorsque la languette 2 est sollicitée en translation vers l'arrière, son moyen d'accrochage 9 a pour effet de tirer simultanément et dans le même sens sur les deux bouts 11 et 12 de la bande flexible 7, et donc sur les deux rubans tissés 5 et 6. Par conséquent les rubans 5 et 6 ne peuvent se détacher l'un de l'autre qu'en surmontant leur résistance au décrochement augmentée de la résistance à la déformation de la boucle 8 de la bande flexible 7 et des frottements intervenant entre cette dernière et le moyen d'accrochage 9 de la languette 2.According to a construction detail, more visible in FIG. 2, an opening 18 with a contour closed is obtained in the front end 10 of the tongue 2, the hooking means 7 of this last delimiting this opening 18 on the side directed towards the anterior end 3 of the article footwear 1. The closed outline of the opening 18 is determined to correspond approximately to the transverse profile of the flexible strip 7 so that the tongue 2 does not cannot move in translation later on. In fact, in the absence of play between the flexible strip 7 and the opening 18, the tongue 2 bears directly on the loop 8 before applying the woven ribbons 5 and 6; this arrangement makes such a fastening system 4 significantly more efficient in holding than the fastening systems where the woven ribbons are partly arranged on the tongue and partly on the footwear as is the case in the state of the art. In any event when the tongue 2 is biased in translation towards the rear, its hooking means 9 has the effect of simultaneously pulling and in the same direction on the two ends 11 and 12 of the flexible strip 7, and therefore on the two woven ribbons 5 and 6. By therefore the ribbons 5 and 6 can only be detached from each other by overcoming their resistance to detachment increased by the resistance to deformation of loop 8 of the flexible strip 7 and friction occurring between the latter and the attachment means 9 tab 2.

    L'arrachement de la languette 2 est ainsi pratiquement rendu impossible, notamment lors de l'ajustement manuel de celle-ci par traction pour la faire plaquer sur le dessus du pied et sur l'avant du bas de jambe de l'utilisateur.The tearing of the tongue 2 is thus practically made impossible, in particular during of the manual adjustment of this one by traction to make it flatten on the top of the foot and on the front of the user's lower leg.

    Selon un autre détail de construction, les bords latéraux 22 de la languette 2 s'étendent sous les rabats transversaux 19 de l'article chaussant 1 tandis que son extrémité avant 10 munie du moyen d'accrochage 9 ressort sur l'extrémité antérieure 3 dudit article chaussant 1. Cette disposition permet de donner à l'extrémité avant 10 de la languette 2 une forme globale similaire à un T dont la barre transversale, pourvue du moyen d'accrochage 9, déborde relativement des rabats transversaux 19 à cet endroit du système de fixation 4 tandis que la barre verticale du T est ajustée à l'écartement de ceux-ci. Ce montage de l'extrémité avant 10 de la languette 2 renforce évidemment sa retenue en position sur l'article chaussant 1.According to another construction detail, the lateral edges 22 of the tongue 2 extend under the transverse flaps 19 of the footwear 1 while its front end 10 provided with the hooking means 9 spring on the anterior end 3 of said footwear item 1. This arrangement makes it possible to give the front end 10 of the tongue 2 an overall shape. similar to a T whose cross bar, provided with the hooking means 9, extends beyond relatively transverse flaps 19 at this location of the fastening system 4 while the vertical bar of the T is adjusted to the spacing thereof. This mounting the front end 10 of the tongue 2 obviously reinforces its retention in position on the footwear 1.

    En figure 3, l'article chaussant 21 représenté est une chaussure souple de marche. Elle comporte, de la même manière que pour l'article chaussant 1 exposé en référence aux figures 1 et 2 une languette 2, rapportée à l'extrémité antérieure 3 de l'article chaussant 21, par l'intermédiaire d'un système de fixation 4 comportant des rubans tissés 5, 6. Tous les éléments constitutifs mis en oeuvre pour fixer la languette 2 et la régler étant similaires, leur description n'est donc pas reprise.In FIG. 3, the footwear item 21 shown is a flexible walking shoe. She includes, in the same way as for footwear 1 exposed with reference to Figures 1 and 2 a tongue 2, attached to the anterior end 3 of the footwear 21, by through a fastening system 4 comprising woven ribbons 5, 6. All the elements components used to fix the tongue 2 and adjust it being similar, their description is therefore not included.

    Il est évident que l'invention n'est pas limitée à ces articles chaussants exposés ci-avant et qu'elle peut s'appliquer à des chaussures de sport telles que celles de patins à roulettes, patins à glace, de ski de fond, etc...It is obvious that the invention is not limited to these footwear described above and that it can be applied to sports shoes such as those of roller skates, ice skates, cross-country skiing, etc ...

    Par ailleurs, des modifications peuvent être envisagées sans pour cela sortir du cache de l'invention. Par exemple, le moyen d'accrochage 9 de la languette 2 peut être constitué par une barrette d'accrochage ou encore par un anneau d'accrochage. Dans ce dernier cas, l'anneau peut avantageusement être de forme approximativement ovale, tel un O, et être monté sur l'extrémité avant 10 de la languette 2 transversalement à l'axe longitudinal de l'article chaussant 1, 21 de sorte que les extrémités du O dépassent les rabats transversaux 19 de ce dernier. In addition, modifications can be envisaged without leaving the cache. the invention. For example, the attachment means 9 of the tongue 2 can be constituted by a hanging bar or by a hanging ring. In the latter case, the ring can advantageously be of approximately oval shape, like an O, and be mounted on the front end 10 of the tongue 2 transversely to the longitudinal axis of the article fitting 1, 21 so that the ends of the O extend beyond the transverse flaps 19 of this latest.

    Enfin, la languette 2 qui est préférentiellement disposée sous les rabats transversaux 19 de l'article chaussant de manière à assurer une protection la plus efficace possible peut malgré tout être disposée par-dessus ces rabats 19.Finally, the tongue 2 which is preferably arranged under the transverse flaps 19 of the article of footwear so as to ensure the most effective protection possible, despite everything be arranged over these flaps 19.

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    Article chaussant s'ouvrant par l'avant et comportant une languette (2) de protection du dessus du pied qui est rapportée à son extrémité antérieure (3) par l'intermédiaire d'un système de fixation réglable (4) comportant des rubans tissés (5, 6) qui s'agrippent par contact, caractérisé par le fait que le système de fixation (4) est constitué d'au moins une bande flexible mince (7), orientée dans l'axe longitudinal de l'article chaussant (1, 21), qui est fixée par un bout (11) sur l'extrémité antérieure (3) de ce dernier et qui est pliée sur elle-même, par son autre bout libre (12), pour former une boucle de retenue (8) de la languette (2), les rubans tissés (5, 6) étant solidarisés de la bande flexible (7) du côté où elle est pliée afin d'assurer la fermeture de la boucle (8) ainsi formée.Footwear opening from the front and having a protective tongue (2) from the top of the foot which is attached to its anterior end (3) by means of a adjustable fastening system (4) comprising woven ribbons (5, 6) which grip by contact, characterized in that the fixing system (4) consists of at least one strip thin flexible (7), oriented in the longitudinal axis of the footwear (1, 21), which is fixed by a tip (11) on the anterior end (3) of the latter and which is folded on itself, by its other free end (12), to form a retaining loop (8) of the tongue (2), the ribbons woven (5, 6) being secured to the flexible strip (7) on the side where it is folded to ensure the closing of the loop (8) thus formed. Article chaussant selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la languette (2) présente à son extrémité avant (10) un moyen d'accrochage (9) sur lequel se boucle la bande flexible (7).Footwear according to claim 1, characterized in that the tongue (2) has at its front end (10) a hooking means (9) on which the band is looped flexible (7). Article chaussant selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les rubans tissés (5, 6) s'étendent sur toute la surface de la bande flexible (7) du côté où elle est pliée ce qui permet de les faire coopérer entre eux dans de nombreuses positions, longitudinales à l'article chaussant (1, 21), où leur surface agrippante mise en oeuvre reste suffisante pour garantir une certaine solidité de leur accrochage et ainsi garantir la solidité de la fixation de la languette (2) dans la boucle (8) formée par la bande flexible (7) pliée sur elle-même.Footwear according to claim 2, characterized in that the woven ribbons (5, 6) extend over the entire surface of the flexible strip (7) on the side where it is folded which allows them to cooperate with each other in many positions, longitudinal to the article footwear (1, 21), where their gripping surface used remains sufficient to guarantee a certain solidity of their attachment and thus guarantee the solidity of the fixing of the tongue (2) in the loop (8) formed by the flexible strip (7) folded on itself. Article chaussant selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'accrochage (9) de la languette (2) est constitué par une barrette transversale à l'axe longitudinal de l'article chaussant (1, 21).Footwear according to claim 3, characterized in that the means for hooking (9) the tongue (2) is constituted by a bar transverse to the axis longitudinal of the footwear (1, 21). Article chaussant selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la barrette d'accrochage (9) délimite dans l'extrémité avant (10) de la languette (2) une ouverture (18) à contour fermé à travers laquelle est passé le bout libre (12) de la bande flexible (7) qui est ensuite pliée.Footwear according to claim 4, characterized in that the bar hooking (9) defines in the front end (10) of the tongue (2) an opening (18) to closed contour through which the free end (12) of the flexible strip (7) has passed then folded. Article chaussant selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que l'ouverture (18) à contour fermé correspond sensiblement au profil transversal de la bande flexible (7) dotée des rubans tissés (5, 6).Footwear according to claim 5, characterized in that the opening (18) at closed contour corresponds substantially to the transverse profile of the flexible strip (7) provided with woven ribbons (5, 6). Article chaussant selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la languette (2) a ses bords latéraux (22) qui s'étendent sous des rabats transversaux (19) de l'article chaussant (1, 21) et a sa barrette d'accrochage (9) qui ressort à l'extérieur de ceux-ci sur l'extrémité antérieure (3) dudit article chaussant (1, 21).Footwear according to any one of Claims 3 to 6, characterized in that that the tongue (2) has its lateral edges (22) which extend under transverse flaps (19) of the footwear (1, 21) and has its fastening bar (9) which protrudes outside thereof on the anterior end (3) of said footwear (1, 21). Article chaussant selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité avant (10) de la languette (2) a la forme globale d'un T dont la barre transversale est pourvue de la barrette d'accrochage (9) qui coopère avec la bande flexible (7) du système de fixation (4) et dont la barre verticale est approximativement ajustée à l'écartement des rabats transversaux (19) de l'article chaussant (1, 21) dans son extrémité antérieure (3). Footwear according to claim 7, characterized in that the front end (10) of the tongue (2) has the overall shape of a T whose cross bar is provided with hooking bar (9) which cooperates with the flexible strip (7) of the fixing system (4) and the vertical bar of which is approximately adjusted to the spacing of the transverse flaps (19) of the footwear (1, 21) in its anterior end (3). Article chaussant selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 6, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'accrochage (9) de la languette de protection (2) est constitué par un anneau.Footwear according to any one of Claims 3 to 6, characterized in that that the attachment means (9) of the protective tab (2) consists of a ring. Article chaussant selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la languette (2) a ses bords latéraux (22) qui s'étendent sous des rabats transversaux (19) de l'article chaussant (1, 21) tandis que son anneau d'accrochage ressort à l'extérieur de ceux-ci, sur l'extrémité antérieure (3) dudit article chaussant (1, 21).Footwear according to claim 9, characterized in that the tongue (2) has its lateral edges (22) which extend under transverse flaps (19) of the footwear (1, 21) while its hooking ring protrudes outside of these, on the end anterior (3) of said footwear (1, 21). Article chaussant selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que un repère (15), disposé à l'extrémité antérieure (3) de l'article chaussant (1, 21) au niveau de la bande flexible (7), sert d'indicateur pour différentes positions de réglage des rubans tissés (5, 6) entre eux, et au moins pour les deux positions extrêmes de réglage à ne pas dépasser pour garantir un minimum de surface agrippante en prise entre les rubans tissés (5, 6).Footwear according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in what a mark (15), disposed at the anterior end (3) of the footwear (1, 21) at level of the flexible strip (7), serves as an indicator for different positions for adjusting the woven ribbons (5, 6) between them, and at least for the two extreme adjustment positions not to be protrude to guarantee a minimum of gripping surface engaged between the woven ribbons (5, 6).
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