Patent ID: 6606804
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A tightening system for footwear to wrap and fasten a foot of a wearer in a loop shape, said system comprising:a supporting element having an upraised portion to support a lateral side of the foot of the wearer, said upraised portion extending and starting from a position in the vicinity of a head of a metatarsus on the lateral side of the foot over a rear portion of a calcaneus of the foot and terminating at a medial side portion of the calcaneus; a first fastening element of a loop shape to surround the calcaneus, said first fastening element extending from the medial side portion of the calcaneus of the foot over a navicular to a lateral side portion of the calcaneus, said first fastening element being connected to said supporting element at said medial and lateral side portions of the calcaneus; and a second fastening element of a loop shape provided at a rear side position of a base of a proximal phalanx of the foot and extending over the instep from the medial side to the lateral side.