Children's ski boot with improved walking function

A ski boot, comprising a ski boot shell and a ski boot sole, wherein the ski boot sole comprises a portion for the toes and ball of the foot, a heel portion, a front end of the sole, a rear end of the sole, a lower side of the sole and a free upper side of the sole which protrudes forwards and/or backwards and/or laterally beyond the ski boot shell, wherein

• (a) the portion for the toes and ball of the foot on the lower side of the sole comprises a first bearing region for placing upright on a bearing plate of a ski binding and, below the ball of the foot of a wearer of the ski boot, a second bearing region for walking without skis;
• (b) the first bearing region is arranged in front of the second bearing region in the longitudinal direction of the ski boot;
• (c) the second bearing region is curved convexly downwards in the longitudinal direction on the lower side of the sole in order to facilitate a rolling-off movement when walking without skis;
• (d) the heel portion features a walking area, for contact with the substrate when walking without skis, and a heel contact area, for placing upright on a rear bearing area of the ski binding, on the lower side of the sole;
• and
• (e) a material which forms the heel contact area exhibits a greater hardness, measured as a Shore hardness, than a material which forms the walking area
• (f) wherein the heel contact area comprises multiple heel contact partial areas, and wherein a first one of the heel contact partial areas is a middle heel contact partial area, a second one of the heel contact partial areas is a left-hand heel contact partial area, and a third one of the heel contact partial areas is a right-hand heel contact partial area;
• (g) wherein the rear end of the left-hand heel contact partial area and/or the rear end of the right-hand heel contact partial area has a distance x4 of at most 30 mm from the rear end of the sole in the longitudinal direction of the ski boot, and wherein the heel contact area has a maximum width y of at most 60 mm transverse to the longitudinal direction of the ski boot, and wherein a front end of the middle heel contact partial area has a distance of at least 80 mm from the rear end of the sole in the longitudinal direction.

A sole pad for a children's ski boot, wherein the sole pad can be connected to a front region of the children's ski boot, and wherein a lower side of the sole pad comprises a first bearing region for placing upright on a bearing plate of a ski binding, and a second bearing region for walking in the children's ski boot without skis, wherein

• (a) the first bearing region is arranged in front of the second bearing region, which lies below the ball of the foot of a wearer of the ski boot, in the longitudinal direction of the ski boot, when the sole pad is connected to the children's ski boot;
• (b) the second bearing region is curved convexly downwards in the longitudinal direction on the lower side of the sole pad in order to facilitate a rolling-off movement when walking without skis;
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• (c) a width of the sole pad is larger in the second bearing region than a width of the sole pad in the first bearing region,
• (d) and wherein the second bearing region widens downwards in the vertical direction in order to increase the size of its contact area;
• (e) wherein the first bearing region comprises a contact area, which protrudes downwards as an elevation on the lower side of the sole pad, for contact with the bearing plate of the ski binding;
• (f) wherein the front sole pad including the first bearing region or instead including the second bearing region is an injection-moulded part made of a first plastic, and the other bearing region in each case is moulded along with it, from a different, second plastic, in a multi-component injection-moulding method or is latterly injection-moulded onto the first plastic.

A sole pad for a children's ski boot wherein the sole pad can be connected to a rear region of the children's ski boot, and wherein a lower side of the sole pad comprises

• (a) a walking area, for contact with the substrate when walking without skis, and a heel contact area, for placing upright on a rear bearing area of the ski binding, on the lower side of the sole pad;
• wherein:
• (b) a material which forms the heel contact area exhibits a greater hardness, measured as a Shore hardness, than a material which forms the walking area;
• and
• (c) wherein the heel contact area comprises multiple heel contact partial areas which are separate from each other or are combined to form a contiguous heel contact area in a plan view onto the lower side of the sole pad and are each made of a material having a hardness which is greater than the hardness of the material of the walking area and wherein a first one of the heel contact partial areas is a middle heel contact partial area, a second one of the heel contact partial areas is a left-hand heel contact partial area, and a third one of the heel contact partial areas is a right-hand heel contact partial area, and wherein a partial area of the walking area extends between the middle heel contact partial area and the left-hand heel contact partial area, and another partial area of the walking area extends between the middle heel contact partial area and the right-hand heel contact partial area;
• (d) wherein the rear end of the left-hand heel contact partial area and/or the rear end of the right hand heel contact partial area has a distance x4 of at most 30 mm from the rear end of the sole in the longitudinal direction of the ski boot when the sole pad is connected to the children's ski boot, and wherein the heel contact area has a maximum width y of at most 60 mm transverse to the longitudinal direction of the ski boot, and wherein a front end of the middle heel contact partial area has a distance of at least 80 mm from the rear end of the sole in the longitudinal direction.

A ski boot, comprising a ski boot shell and a ski boot sole, wherein the ski boot sole comprises a portion for the toes and ball of the foot, a heel portion, a front end of the sole, a rear end of the sole, a lower side of the sole and a free upper side of the sole which protrudes forwards and/or backwards and/or laterally beyond the ski boot shell, wherein

• (a) the portion for the toes and ball of the foot on the lower side of the sole comprises a first bearing region for placing upright on a bearing plate of a ski binding and, below the ball of the foot of a wearer of the ski boot, a second bearing region for walking without skis;
• (b) the first bearing region is arranged in front of the second bearing region in the longitudinal direction of the ski boot;
• (c) the second bearing region is curved convexly downwards in the longitudinal direction on the lower side of the sole in order to facilitate a rolling-off movement when walking without skis;
• (d) the heel portion features a walking area, for contact with the substrate when walking without skis, and a heel contact area, for placing upright on a rear bearing area of the ski binding, on the lower side of the sole;
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• (e) a material which forms the heel contact area exhibits a greater hardness, measured as a Shore hardness, than a material which forms the walking area;
• (f) wherein the first bearing region on the lower side of the sole comprises a contact area for contact with the bearing plate of the ski binding;
• the second bearing region on the lower side of the sole comprises a contact area for rolling-off contact with the substrate when walking without skis;
• a first material forms the contact area of the first bearing region;
• a second material forms the contact area of the second bearing region;
• and the first material exhibits a greater hardness, measured as a Shore hardness, than the second material;
• and
• (g) wherein the contact area of the first bearing region protrudes downwards as an elevation on the lower side of the sole pad, for contact with the bearing plate of the ski binding.