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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1996
Thierry Barret, Choisy, FR;
Salomon S.A., Metz-Tessy, FR;
Abstract
A shoe of the type constituted of an upper, an external sole, and a lining at least partially elastic arranged within the shoe. The elastic lining defines, at rest, a volume at least equal to that of the largest volume of the foot adapted to be received in the shoe, and includes an arrangement for adjusting its volume in view of an adaptation thereof to the real volume of the foot placed inside the shoe. Advantageously, the volume adjustment arrangement is constituted by a double row of guides facing one another in a limited area of the elastic lining and spaced apart by a value corresponding substantially to the maximum difference in the volume of the foot, and by a loop through lace passing through the guides and associated with a traction and blocking device for the lace.