Patent ID: 9204683
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
1. A shoe comprising: a shaft that covers a user's ankle when the user is wearing the shoe with a tongue gap extending from an upper edge of the shaft toward a tip of the shoe; a lacing that spans over the tongue gap and connects lateral regions of the shaft that adjoin the tongue gap and is deflected by hook and/or eyelet elements made of a rigid material; and at least one tab disposed on each side of the tongue gap, wherein one of said hook and/or eyelet elements is attached to each tab; and wherein said tab is made independent of the lateral regions of the shaft and is made of a material that is more flexible than a material of which the lateral regions are made, and wherein the tab comprises a fixing portion that is fixed between a portion of the lateral regions and a tongue pocket that connects a tongue and the shaft and a supporting portion to which the hook and/or eyelet element is positioned and is rigidly connected.