Patent ID: 7827708

Claim:
A cycling shoe comprising an appropriately shaped vamp, and a sole fixed to the bottom of said vamp; said vamp being designed to form, in the part corresponding to the instep of the foot, a longitudinal opening (f), for insertion of the foot, defined laterally by two opposite lateral edges of the vamp; said cycling shoe also comprising at least one strap located on the vamp, astride said longitudinal opening (f), to selectively bring together and locally secure to each other said two opposite lateral edges of the vamp laterally defining said longitudinal opening (f); said at least one strap comprising a slip ring secured stably to the vamp, close to a first lateral edge of the two opposite lateral edges of the vamp laterally defining said longitudinal opening (f), and a fastening strip, which has a first end secured stably to the vamp, close to the second lateral edge of the two opposite lateral edges of the vamp laterally defining said longitudinal opening (f), and is designed to fold back on itself about an intermediate portion, so that the second end of the strip rests on the body of the strip, close to the first end of the strip; said strap also comprising two complementary hook and loop fastener inserts fixed stably to the body of the strip, one close to the first end of the strip and the other close to the second end of the strip, so as to be superimposed and adhere to each other when the strip is folded back on itself; wherein at least one strap comprises a first and a second toothed plate, which are superimposed and mesh with each other when said strip is threaded through the slip ring with its intermediate portion resting on said slip ring; said first toothed plate being secured stably to the vamp, between the slip ring and said first lateral edge of the vamp close to the slip ring; and said second toothed plate being secured stably to the face of the strip locally facing the first toothed plate when the strip is threaded through the slip ring with its intermediate portion resting on said slip ring.