Patent ID: 9549592
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A43B,A43C

Claim:
1. Footwear, comprising: a shell forming a boot and a shell liner lining interior surfaces of the shell, the shell and shell liner each having upper edges defining an upper opening for insertion of a foot of a user into the footwear, at least a section of the upper edge of the shell liner projecting above the upper edge of the shell; and a tightening device connected to the shell and comprising a strap element and tensioning means for tensioning the strap element relative to the shell and shell liner, wherein the strap element of the tightening device comprises a first section and a second section extending parallel to each other in a first direction and arranged adjacent to each other along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the first section lying in a first plane and the second section lying in a second plane offset relative to the first plane in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions, the first section and the second section of the strap element being mutually connected by a connecting section, wherein the first section, the second section, and the connecting section of the strap element are formed as an integral one-piece strap with the connecting section extending radially outward relative to the upper opening from a lower edge of the second section to an upper edge of the first section such that the strap element has a substantially continuous surface and such that, when tensioned, the first element of the strap element engages an outer surface of the shell adjacent the upper edge of the shell, the connecting section of the strap element extends over the upper edge of the shell, and the second section of the strap element engages an outer surface of the shell liner adjacent the upper edge of the shell liner, and wherein the connecting section, due to its rigidity, keeps the first and second sections mutually offset along the third direction such that the second section is maintained radially inward of the first section relative to the upper opening.