Wedging device for a tightening system and an article of clothing incorporating such device

Abstract

A wedging device for a tightening system adapted to equip a clothing article, and in particular a footwear. This wedging device enables an easy loosening of the tightening linkage that passes through said device. To achieve this result, the wedging device includes a main body including the functions of sliding and blocking the tightening linkage, and a rigid tongue which extends the main body and extends substantially in the direction of the wedging slit toward the sliding opening.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A wedging device for a system for tightening a clothing article, including footwear, said device comprising: 
 a main body including a sliding opening connected to a wedging slit, said wedging slit extending in a determinate direction, a tightening linkage adapted to tighten an envelope of the clothing article being adapted to pass through said slit, said main body being extended, beyond said sliding opening, by a rigid tongue, said rigid tongue extending substantially in said determinate direction of said wedging slit, and in said direction of said wedging slit toward said sliding opening.    
     
     
         2 . A wedging device according to  claim 1 , wherein said rigid tongue extends over a length that is greater than or equal to a cumulated axial length of said wedging slit and said sliding opening.  
     
     
         3 . A wedging device according to claim, wherein said rigid tongue includes at least one transverse stitched seam that fixes said wedging device to said envelope.  
     
     
         4 . A wedging device according to  claim 3 , wherein said transverse stitched seam is positioned in a vicinity of said sliding opening.  
     
     
         5 . A wedging device according to  claim 3 , wherein said transverse stitched seam is positioned substantially half-way between an upper end of said wedging slit and a lower end of said rigid tongue.  
     
     
         6 . A wedging device according to  claim 1 , wherein said envelope includes a lug that is fixed, at least by a base of said lug, to said envelope, and wherein said main body and said rigid tongue are fixed on said lug.  
     
     
         7 . A wedging device according to  claim 1 , further including a transversely oriented bending zone positioned between said rigid tongue and said main body.  
     
     
         8 . A wedging device according to  claim 3 , wherein said bending zone is located between said sliding opening and said transverse stitched seam.  
     
     
         9 . A wedging device according to  claim 7 , wherein said bending zone is located between said sliding opening and said transverse stitched seam.  
     
     
         10 . A wedging device according to  claim 1 , wherein said main body and said rigid tongue include a fixing assembly adapted to fix said main body and said rigid tongue to said envelope.  
     
     
         11 . An article of clothing incorporated at least one wedging device according to claim  1 .