Patent ID: 6757991
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: A43C

Abstract:
Shoe, comprising:a sole; an upper attached to the sole; a shield which runs over an instep area of the upper and which is movable relative to the instep area of the upper; lacing eyelets arranged at a lacing side of the upper in two rows, a first row of which is on or near the sole, and a second row of which is located on a first side of the shield which is located near the first row of lacing eyelets, the second row being opposite the first row with the eyelets of the second row being longitudinally displaced relative to the eyelets of the first row; and a lacing or tensioning element laced in a zigzag path through the eyelets of rows, alternating between the eyelets of the first and second rows; wherein the shield is a freely movable tension flap which has an essentially stable shape, but which is flexurally elastic, and wherein a second, closing side of the shield, which is opposite the first side, has a single pulling site via which the shield is coupled to the shoe upper by a tensioning connection which can be locked and which is adjustable in its length.