Patent ID: 8458860

Claim:
A sports boot closure and tightening device comprising: a first connecting member comprising: a first base adapted to be fixed on a first lateral part of the sports boot; and an end part; a second connecting member comprising: a second base adapted to be fixed on a second lateral part of the sports boot; and a connecting element comprising a ratchet having teeth or mushroom shaped studs, wherein the end part of the first connecting member and the connecting element of the second connecting member cooperate at a point to close the boot such that, in a closed configuration, the first connecting member and the second connecting member are positioned in alignment along an alignment curve on the first and second lateral parts of the boot, wherein the geometry of the ratchet is such that the tangent of the ratchet teeth or studs at the point of cooperation with the first connecting member is not perpendicular to the alignment curve, wherein the first connecting member comprises a lever movably mounted in rotation on the first base and connected to the end part by a tie-rod, the end part comprising a connecting bar, and wherein the connecting bar is a straight rod arranged in a direction not perpendicular to a closure direction of the first connecting member in the configuration in which it closes and tightens the sports boot, corresponding to the direction of the tie-rod.