Running shoe having lacing

Abstract

A running shoe includes medial and lateral eyelets arranged on the medial and lateral side in the longitudinal direction from the front foot area of the running shoe to the heel section, wherein in each case a medial eyelet and a lateral eyelet located at the same height in the longitudinal direction form an eyelet pair; reinforcing ribs are arranged on the medial and lateral side in the front foot area, wherein the reinforcing ribs are arranged at an acute rib angle to the longitudinal direction of the running shoe, and a lace having lace sections for lacing, wherein the lace is led through the eyelets in such a way that the lace sections extending from the eyelets of the first lace pair in relation to the front foot area, each run at an acute lacing angle to the longitudinal direction to at least one further eyelet closer to the heel section.

Claims

1. A running shoe comprising: medial and lateral eyelets extending in the longitudinal direction from a forefoot region of the running shoe to a heel section on medial and lateral sides, with a medial eyelet and a lateral eyelet respectively positioned at a same latitude in the longitudinal direction as the medial eyelet constituting an eyelet pair, and a first eyelet pair being a closest eyelet pair in relation to the forefoot region; a reinforcing rib extending from each of the eyelets of the first eyelet pair, the reinforcing rib extending only in a direction toward the forefoot region at an oblique rib angle relative to the longitudinal direction of the running shoe; and a single lace threaded through the eyelets, wherein two lace segments extend from the each of the eyelets of the first eyelet pair, each of the two lace segments extending to an other of the eyelets closer to the heel section, and positioned at a corresponding one of two oblique lacing angles relative to the longitudinal direction, the oblique lacing angles facing the forefoot region; wherein at the each of the eyelets of the first eyelet pair, the oblique rib angle and the two oblique lacing angles are obliquely configured to collectively conform tensile forces upon tightening the lace in an oblique direction to the longitudinal direction, toward the forefoot region.

2. The running shoe according to claim 1, wherein the oblique lacing angles are between 25° and 65°.

3. The running shoe according to claim 1, wherein the oblique rib angle is between 25° and 65°.

4. The running shoe according to claim 1, wherein the eyelets of the first eyelet pair are respectively positioned on the medial and lateral reinforcing rib.

5. The running shoe according to claim 1, wherein a distance in the longitudinal direction between the eyelets of the first eyelet pair and the eyelets of the second eyelet pair is greater than a respective distance in the longitudinal direction between the eyelets of the subsequent eyelet pairs.

6. The running shoe according to claim 1, wherein the two lace segments that extend from the each of the eyelets of the first eyelet pair enclose an acute opening angle.

7. The running shoe according to claim 1, wherein the eyelets of the first eyelet pair are loops that are sewn into the reinforcing ribs.

8. The running shoe according to claim 1, wherein the oblique lacing angles are between 35° and 55° and the oblique rib angle is between 35° and 55°.

9. The running shoe according to claim 1, wherein the oblique lacing angles are between 40° and 50° and the oblique rib angle is between 40° and 50°.

10. The running shoe according to claim 1, wherein a transverse segment of the single lace extends across an instep of the running shoe to directly connect a second eyelet pair following the first eyelet pair.

11. The running shoe according to claim 10, wherein each of the two lace segments of the eyelets of the first eyelet pair cross the transverse segment in extending to the other of the eyelets closer to the heel section.

12. A running shoe comprising: medial and lateral eyelets extending in the longitudinal direction from a forefoot region of the running shoe to a heel section on medial and lateral sides, with a medial eyelet and a lateral eyelet respectively positioned at a same latitude in the longitudinal direction as the medial eyelet constituting an eyelet pair, and a first eyelet pair being a closest eyelet pair in relation to the forefoot region; a reinforcing rib extending from each of the eyelets of the first eyelet pair, the reinforcing rib extending only in a direction toward the forefoot region at an oblique rib angle relative to the longitudinal direction of the running shoe; and a lace threaded through the eyelets, wherein two lace segments extend from the each of the eyelets of the first eyelet pair, each of the two lace segments extending to an other of the eyelets closer to the heel section, and positioned at a corresponding one of two oblique lacing angles relative to the longitudinal direction, the oblique lacing angles facing the forefoot region; wherein at the each of the eyelets of the first eyelet pair, the oblique rib angle and the two oblique lacing angles are obliquely configured to collectively conform tensile forces upon tightening the lace in an oblique direction to the longitudinal direction, toward the forefoot region; and wherein a medial eyelet and a lateral eyelet of a second eyelet pair following the first eyelet pair relative to the forefoot region are directly connected across an instep of the running shoe by a transverse lace segment extending across the instep of the running shoe.

13. The running shoe according to claim 12, wherein the medial and lateral eyelets of the second eyelet pair that are directly connected by the transverse lace segment are closer to the heel section and adjacent to the first eyelet pair.

14. The running shoe according to claim 13, wherein starting from the eyelets of the first eyelet pair, a first lace segment of the two lace segments extends to a first opposite eyelet of the second eyelet pair and a second lace segment of the two lace segments extends to a second opposite eyelet of a third eyelet pair adjacent the second eyelet pair.

15. The running shoe according to claim 12, wherein the eyelets, which follow the eyelets of an eyelet pair directly connected by a lace segment and which are closer to the heel section, are connected by means of a parallel lacing.

16. The running shoe according to claim 12, wherein a single lace is threaded through the eyelets.

17. A running shoe comprising: medial and lateral eyelets extending in the longitudinal direction from a forefoot region of the running shoe to a heel section on medial and lateral sides, with a medial eyelet and a lateral eyelet respectively positioned at a same latitude in the longitudinal direction as the medial eyelet constituting an eyelet pair, and a first eyelet pair being a closest eyelet pair in relation to the forefoot region; reinforcing ribs provided in the forefoot region on the medial and lateral sides, the reinforcing ribs being oriented at an oblique rib angle relative to the longitudinal direction of the running shoe; and at least one lace for a lacing, the at least one lace being threaded through the eyelets with two lace segments extending from each of the eyelets of the first eyelet, at an oblique lacing angle relative to the longitudinal direction, to at least two other eyelets closer to the heel section; wherein a medial eyelet and a lateral eyelet of a second eyelet pair following the first eyelet pair are directly connected across an instep of the running shoe by a transverse lace segment extending across the instep of the running shoe between the medial eyelet and the lateral eyelet of the second eyelet pair.

18. The running shoe according to claim 17, wherein one of the two lace segments extending from each of the eyelets of the first eyelet directly connects to the transverse lace segment.

19. A running shoe comprising: medial and lateral eyelets extending in the longitudinal direction from a forefoot region of the running shoe to a heel section on medial and lateral sides, with a medial eyelet and a lateral eyelet respectively positioned at a same latitude in the longitudinal direction as the medial eyelet constituting an eyelet pair, and a first eyelet pair being a closest eyelet pair in relation to the forefoot region; reinforcing ribs provided in the forefoot region on the medial and lateral sides, the reinforcing ribs being oriented at an oblique rib angle relative to the longitudinal direction of the running shoe; and a single lace threaded through the eyelets, the single lace including two medial lace segments extending from a first medial eyelet of the first eyelet pair, and the single lace including two lateral lace segments extending from a first lateral eyelet of the first eyelet pair, each of the two medial lace segments and each of the two lateral eyelets extending to a corresponding other of the eyelets closer to the heel section, and positioned at a corresponding one of two oblique lacing angles relative to the longitudinal direction, the oblique lacing angles facing the forefoot region.

20. The running shoe according to claim 19, wherein a transverse segment of the single lace extends across an instep of the running shoe to directly connect across the instep a second eyelet pair following the first eyelet pair.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Embodiments of the invention will be explained in greater detail based on the following figures and the associated descriptions. In the drawings:

(2) FIG. 1 is a top view of an embodiment of a running shoe;

(3) FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the running shoe from FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(4) In order to explain the invention, a preferred embodiment will be described in greater detail with reference to the figures.

(5) FIG. 1 is a top view of an embodiment of a right running shoe 1 with a lacing. The running shoe 1 has medial and lateral eyelets 2 positioned on the medial and lateral sides of the running shoe 1. The eyelets 2 are arranged in two rows extending along the longitudinal direction L from the forefoot region V to the heel section F. The lacing is produced by means of a lace 4 with lace segments 41 that are threaded through the eyelets 2. In the forefoot region V, reinforcing ribs 3 are provided on the medial and lateral sides of the running shoe 1, extending at an oblique rib angle relative to the longitudinal direction L. The eyelets 21 of the first eyelet pair relative to the forefoot region V are sewn into the reinforcing ribs 3. The eyelets 21 are embodied in the form of loops. From the eyelets 21 of the first eyelet pair, two respective lace segments 411 and 412 extend to the subsequent eyelets 22 and 23. The lace segment 411 extends at a first oblique lacing angle relative to the longitudinal direction L, from the medial/lateral eyelet 21 of the first eyelet pair to the lateral/medial eyelet 22 of the second eyelet pair. The lace segment 412 extends at a second oblique lacing angle relative to the longitudinal direction L, from the medial/lateral eyelet 21 of the first eyelet pair to the lateral/medial eyelet 23 of the third eyelet pair. If the lacing is tightened, then the tensile forces exerted by means of the lacing 4 act chiefly in the directions of the reinforcing ribs 3. The eyelets 22 of the second eyelet pair are directly connected by a lace segment 413. The lace segment 413 extends along the transverse direction Q. The eyelets that follow the directly connected eyelets 22 are connected by means of a cross lacing. Instead of the cross lacing, however, a parallel lacing can also be used.

(6) FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the running shoe 1 from FIG. 1. The drawing clearly shows that the lace segments 41 of the lacing 4 extend across the instep S.