Patent ID: 6640396
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
A buckle device for a skate, the buckle device comprising:an adjustable receptor fixed to a side of an upper of a boot of a skate, the adjustable receptor including a lever; a strap having a first end extending through the adjustable receptor and a second end, the strap including a plurality of ratchet teeth on a side thereof, the adjustable receptor allowing the strap to move in a tightening direction when the lever is in a first position, the adjustable receptor allowing the strap to move in either a tightening direction or a loosening direction when the lever is in a second position; and a tensioning/releasing mechanism comprising: a base fixed to another side of the upper of the boot of the skate, the base including a pivotal seat on an end thereof, and a release arm having a first end and a second end pivotally engaged with the pivotal seat, the second end of the strap being pivoted to the release arm, the release arm being movable between a tensioning position in which the release arm is retained in place relative to the base and the strap is tensioned and a detaching position in which the strap is not tensioned, the second end of the release arm being detachable from the pivotal seat when the release arm is in the detaching position; and means for retaining the release arm in place when the release arm is in the tensioning position wherein the pivotal seat includes an end wall and two sidewalls, defining a compartment therebetween for pivotally receiving the second end of the release arm, each said sidewall of the pivotal seat including a guide groove having an enlarged end, the second end of the release arm including two sides each having a pintle formed thereon, each said pintle being passable through an associated one of the guide grooves when the release arm is in the detaching position, and each said pintle being pivotally received in the enlarged end of an associated one of the guide grooves and incapable of passing through an associated one of the guide grooves when the release arm is in the tensioning position.