Ski boot
AssigneeCalzaturificio S.C.A.R.P.A. S.p.A.
InventorDavide Parisotto
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Abstract
Ski boot comprising a rigid shell which is shaped so as to accommodate the foot of the user, and has a lower part structured to couple with a ski binding device; a rigid cuff which is shaped so as to surround the lower part of the leg of the user, and is pivotally jointed to the shell thus to be able to pivot about a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the midplane of the boot, and shell closing means adapted to selectively tighten the shell on the foot of the user; the shell comprising a substantially basin-shaped casing which is superiorly provided with a main opening from which the leg of the user comes out, and with a longitudinal slit that branches from said main opening and extends along the casing towards the front tip of the shell; the shell closing means being placed at the longitudinal fissure.
Claims12
A ski boot comprising:
- a rigid shell which is shaped so as to accommodate a foot of a user, and has a lower part structured to couple with a ski binding device;
- a rigid cuff which is shaped so as to surround the lower part of a leg of the user, and is pivotally jointed to the shell thus to be able to pivot about a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the midplane of the boot, and shell closing means adapted to selectively tighten the shell on the foot of the user;
- the shell comprising a substantially basin-shaped casing which is superiorly provided with a main opening that is configured to receive the leg of the user, and with a longitudinal slit that branches from said main opening and extends along the casing towards the front tip of the shell;
- the ski boot being characterised in that the shell closing means are located at the longitudinal slit and comprise:
- a rigid floating body which is suspended substantially at the center of the longitudinal slit so as to extend like a saddle over the instep of foot of the user;
- a plurality of flexible tabs which are firmly secured to the casing around the longitudinal slit and cantilevered project into the longitudinal slit;
- a winch-type cable-winding assembly which is fixed on the rigid floating body;
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- a flexible cable that comes out of the cable-winding assembly and engages, in pass-through and free sliding manner and in succession, the distal ends of the various flexible tabs while moving alternately from one side to the other of the rigid floating body;
- wherein the shell further comprises a protective gaiter which is located on the upper part of the casing, so as to close the longitudinal slit of the casing and then extend upwards over the main opening of the casing thus configured to surround and cover the ankle of the user;
- wherein said gaiter extends over the rigid floating body, the flexible tabs and the flexible cable;
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- the winch-type cable-winding assembly protrudes above said gaiter engaging in pass-through manner an auxiliary opening realized on the gaiter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.