Patent ID: 6954996

Claim:
A sports boot comprising: a sole; an upper; tightening arrangement for tightening a foot of a wearer of the boot, said tightening arrangement comprising: at least one flap fixed to a lateral side or a medial side of the sole or to a lateral side or a medial side of the upper, the flap covering only a portion of the lateral side of the upper or only a portion of the medial side of the upper; at least two keepers and a lace for reversibly tightening the upper, by a relative bringing together or spacing apart of the keepers, the at least two keepers comprising a lateral keeper and a medial keeper, the lace following a path passing alternately through the lateral keeper and through the medial keeper; at least one keeper being fixed to the flap so as to be located between the flap and the upper; an upper edge of the flap translating by a sliding over a quarter of the boot during the reversible tightening of the upper of the boot.