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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1999
Rene Borel, Saint-Sylvestre, FR;
Salomon S.A., Metz-Tessy, FR;
Abstract
Guide/blocking device for a lace of a boot, and a boot incorporating same. The guide/blocking device includes a sliding part defining a passageway for a lace oriented along a direction corresponding substantially to the direction of traction of the lace. The guide/blocking device includes a blocking part arranged in continuity with the sliding part and oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of traction and corresponding to the blocking direction. Advantageously, the median plane of the sliding part and the blocking part is substantially co-planar with the plane of lacing, and the blocking section includes teeth that are inclined along a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the blocking direction.