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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2018
Puma SE, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Markus Bock, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Randolph Maussner, Spalt, DE;
PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a shoe (), especially to a sports shoe, with a shoe upper () and a sole () connected with the shoe upper (), wherein the shoe () comprises a central fastener () for lacing the shoe () at the foot of a wearer, wherein the central fastener () comprises at least one tensioning element () which is arranged on or in a region of the shoe upper () by which a lacing force can be exerted onto the region of the shoe upper () and at least one gear element () driven by an electric motor (), wherein a section () of the tensioning element () can be pulled against a fixed location () of the shoe () by means of the gear element () to create a tensioning force for lacing the shoe () at the foot of the wearer. To provide a compact central closure system the invention proposes that the section () of the tensioning element () is a strap which comprises a gearing () or a profile, wherein the gear element () comprises a worm () which engages into the gearing () or profile to pull the strap () in a translational direction (T) at the rotation of the worm ().