JPH02302201A - Shoe with flap of single touch type - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To keep the resistance against up and down movement of a flap to a minimum in order to make it easier to come closer to a fastener by applying a weight serving as balancer onto the marginal part of the flap opposite to a hinge to keep the flap around its stretched out position under its own inertia. CONSTITUTION: A flap 3 is equipped with a weight 7 as a ballast on the opposite free edge 6 as a part of its extension. The ballast weight 7 functioning as a balancer is to keep the flap 3 under its own inertia at its placed area, and keep a position to cover up and take off the fastener. On the marginal part 4 united with the shoe shell 2 is put a flexible hinge 8 formed out to reduce the thickness of the material making the flap 3. The flap 3 is made easier to move up and down owing to the flexible hinge joint 8 applied there, further made possible to keep its position where it is by applying the balancer 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to a shoe in which the device for closing the upper against the foot is protected by a foldable transverse flap.

Such shoes include, for example, U.S. Patent No.
, 842,872, or by making an incision in the upper, as for example in the shoe according to French Patent No. 108359Q, Shoes therefore exist that have a flap formed integrally with the upper.

If produced by any of the above methods, - the flap, which is integral with the upper via its edges, must be folded laterally in order to have free access to the closure device; . To do this, the flap must be removed from one of the fastening devices and along the edge opposite the fastening, i.e., in the case of a flap formed by a cut in the upper, the transverse cut edge of the flap. Fold around the line joining the edges of the section or, in the case of an added flap, around the seam that integrally connects the flap to the upper.

In either case, these shoes are made of either continuous or sewn material, and the relative flexibility of the connection between the flap and the upper allows the flap to return to a flat, closed position on the upper. There are drawbacks to trying to do so. Therefore, it must be manually folded to keep the flap away from the top of the shoe, leaving only one hand free for lacing the shoe (or activating other closure devices). I can't use it. This makes tying the shoelaces impossible or requires the assistance of another person, especially in the case of children.

The object of the invention is to avoid this drawback by providing a shoe with means for keeping the flap open when it is desired to access the closure device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shoe in which the flap includes a special hinged area in order to minimize the resistance to raising and lowering the flap and to facilitate access to the closure device.

These objects are achieved by the present invention, which is an improvement on a shoe of the type described above. In this type of shoe, the device for closing the upper of the shoe for one pair is protected by a foldable transverse flap which is intended to be moved apart to give access to the closure device when putting on and taking off the shoe; The flap is
It can be raised and lowered laterally around the edge of the flap with respect to the body, characterized by the fact that in the peripheral area of the flap opposite to the hinge joint, the flap is brought into position. The objective is to provide a weight member that acts as a balancer to hold the weight by inertia.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the weight member comprises:
located on the edge of said area and constituting gripping means for said flap.

In order to facilitate raising and lowering the flap from one position to another, the hinged joint of the flap on the upper is constructed with a special deflection area that facilitates the pivoting movement of the flap.

This special deflection area consists of a flexible member inserted between the sides of the upper and the flap by sewing or by reducing the thickness of the material constituting the upper and the flap at the same time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention will be better understood from an embodiment described below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The shoe 1 comprises a upper part 2 which is closed at the upper part of the shoe by a closure device 5 having eyelets and laces.

A flap 3 is fixed to one side of the shoe upper (sewn in the illustrated example).

The flap 3 extends from the edge 4 on which it is sewn, passing over the upper and covering the closure device 5 to the other side of the upper.

In the area of the opposite free edge 6, the flap 3 is provided with a ballasting mass 7 over at least part of its length.

This ballast mass body 7 acts as a balancer,
Inertia keeps the flap 3 in the position in which it is placed, ie covering or opening the closure device.

Advantageously, the external shape of this ballast mass can have a geometry that facilitates gripping of the flap. In the example of FIG. 1, its shape is generally cylindrical and is fixed to the edge of the flap 3.

The ballast may further include a marking surface 10.

In order to facilitate the raising and lowering of the flap 3 from one position to another, it has an edge area 4 integral with the upper 2, which in the example shown has a thickness of the material of which it is made. It is provided with a flexible hinge connection 8 which is formed to reduce the amount of damage.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hinge connection 8 is constructed of a flexible material and is sewn or otherwise attached between the upper and the flap.

By providing this flexible hinge connection 8, the flap 3 can be raised and lowered easily from one position to another without resistance, and by providing the balancer 7.

It can be kept in the same position.

Furthermore, the hinged connection 8 can be made of an elastic material that serves to tighten the closure device 5 or to fit into a foot cap. This arrangement also helps keep the shoe closed, especially when the foot tends to swell after prolonged pressure, or in the event of an injury, sprain, or other situation that causes abnormal swell. can.

In the variant embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the shoe further comprises a ballast mass 7 comprising a magnetized metal element 9 and a magnetic element on the upper 2 in front of the end 6 of the flap carrying the ballast mass. can include. As a result, when the flap covers the closure device 5, the ballast mass 7 will be in place.

It is attached to the magnetized metal member 10 by magnetism.

In this way, the flap 3 is kept closed and can only be moved from this position by manual action.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shoe with a flap according to the invention. Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the shoe cut at the flap. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the hinged area. [Explanation code for symbols of main parts]

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A device for closing the upper of the shoe with respect to the foot is protected by foldable transverse flaps adapted to be moved apart to provide access to the closure device when putting on and taking off the shoe; protected by the transverse flap;
In a type of shoe that can be raised and lowered laterally with respect to the torso, said transverse flap is centered on one of its edges, said flap opposite to the edge forming the hinge connection (8); Shoe characterized in that the peripheral area (6) of (3) is provided with a weight member (7) which acts as a balancer to hold the flap in the guided position by inertia. 2. Shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that said weight element (7) is located on the edge (6) of said peripheral area and constitutes gripping means (3) of said flap (3). 3. The hinge connection (8) of the flap (3) on the upper (2) is configured with a specific hinge connection area that facilitates pivoting of the flap from one position to another. Shoes according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: 4. Shoe according to claim 3, characterized in that said particular hinge connection area (8) is constituted by a flexible member added by sewing between the sides of the upper and the flap. 5. Shoe according to claim 3, characterized in that said particular hinge connection area (8) is constructed by reducing the thickness of the material of which said upper and said flap are made. 6. Shoe according to claim 4, characterized in that said hinge connection area (8) is extensible. 7. The weight member (7) is a marking plane (10)
Shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises: 8. The weight member (7) includes a magnetic metal part, and
Shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a magnetized metal member (9) on the upper for receiving and holding the weight member.