Patent ID: 6378230
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
A shoe with a self-closing mechanism for receiving a foot of a user, the shoe comprising:(a) a main shoe portion configured for receiving the foot; (b) a top portion associated with said main shoe portion and displaceable between an open position in which the foot may be inserted into and removed from the main shoe portion and a closed position in which a foot is retained within the shoe; (c) a resilient opening element associated with said top portion biasing said top portion to said open position; (d) a closing mechanism including at least one fastening-cord passing between said main shoe portion and said top portion and a resilient tensioning element configured to apply tension to said at least one fastening-cord sufficient to overcome biasing of said resilient opening element; (e) a releasing mechanism associated with said closing mechanism and configured to assume an activated state in which said releasing mechanism at least partially releases said tension applied by said closing mechanism and a deactivated state in which said tension applied by said closing mechanism is unaffected.