Sports boot
AssigneeNb Newboots SA
InventorNicolas Frey
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Abstract
Sports boot including: an inner boot; an exogenous shell, the dimensions of which allow the inner boot to be inserted into or extracted from it, the exogenous shell strengthening the inner boot and allowing it to be attached to a piece of sports equipment. The exogenous shell includes a sole, a forward part of an upper able to pivot with respect to the sole about a first articulation, and a rear part of an upper which is able to pivot with respect to the sole about a second articulation. The sole includes a continuous inner relief pattern having longitudinally-extending ribs separated by longitudinally-extending grooves extending continuously along an entire length of the sole. The inner boot includes a sole with a corresponding relief pattern, so as to position laterally and vertically the inner boot in the exogenous shell.
Claims14
A sports boot comprising:
- an inner boot;
- an exogenous shell, whose dimensions allow said inner boot to be inserted into or extracted from it, said exogenous shell strengthening said inner boot and allowing it to be attached to a piece of sports equipment said exogenous shell comprising a sole and an upper, wherein the upper comprises a forward part and a rear part, said rear part having an interior surface facing into the exogenous shell, and wherein an opening is formed at the interior surface of the rear part;
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- a reinforcement part provided to the interior surface of the rear part of the upper and configured to be located adjacent to an Achilles tendon, wherein the reinforcement part is articulated on an axis that is fixed and stationary relative to the sole of the exogenous shell separately from the rear part of the upper,
- wherein the reinforcement part includes a tenon configured to be removably inserted into the opening such that when the exogenous shell is in a closed position, the tenon is inserted into the opening in order to fasten the reinforcement part to the rear part of the upper, and
- wherein said sole comprises a continuous inner relief pattern constituted by longitudinally-extending ribs separated by longitudinally-extending grooves extending continuously along an entire length of the sole, the inner boot comprising a sole with a corresponding relief pattern, so as to position laterally and vertically said inner boot in the exogenous shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.