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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1984
Simon Arieh, Geneva, CH;
Guy Courvoisier, Geneva, CH;
Lange International S.A., Fribourg, CH;
Abstract
This boot comprises an upper pivotable on a lower portion of the boot and adapted to be locked by means of interconnecting means comprising a rack rigid with the upper and a lever fulcrumed to the rack in two guide members in which the pivot pin of the lever is adapted to move parallel to the rack. The lever has an eccentric hub acting as a cam upon a toothed strap, and can be set in three specific position, namely a turn down position in which it engages the boot and the strap is urged against the rack while a male element of the lever engages a female element rigid with the lower portion of the boot, a partially raised position in which the male and female elements are released from each other but the strap is still in engagement with the rack, and a fully raised position in which the strap is released from the rack, the intermediate position being an inoperative or operative position, the third position being an adjustment position.