US 11,751,632 B2
Shoe
Kaoru Ouchi, Osaka (JP); and Toshiaki Aoki, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,258.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-186633 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142303 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A43C 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 11/1493 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe comprising:
a shoe body including a sole and an upper mounted on the sole;
an elongated tightening member having a first end, a second end and an intermediate part between the first end and the second end, the first end being attached to a first attaching position located on a front side of the upper with respect to a longitudinal direction of the upper, the second end being configured to be detachably attached to a second attaching position located rearward of the first end with respect to the longitudinal direction;
a plurality of eyelets located rearward of the first attaching position and forward of the second attaching position, each of the plurality of eyelets being configured for the tightening member to be laced there-through; and
an intermediate attaching member that is located rearward of the first attaching position and forward of the second attaching position, the intermediate attaching member being configured to enable the intermediate part of the tightening member to be fixed to the upper and prevented from loosening, the intermediate attaching member being located between a pair of adjacent eyelets among the plurality of eyelets.