Sports shoe
OwnerFrancesco Caeraninventor
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Abstract
A sports shoe (2) for practicing a gliding sport, comprising a force transmission structure (300) for consolidating the forces transmitted between a gliding device, associated to said sports shoe, and a foot and a lower portion of the user's leg accomodated in said shoe. The force transmission structure comprises force conveying means (301) for concentrating the forces, which are transmitted between said gliding device and the foot and the lower portion of the user's leg, in a predefined stress region (1) extending approximately from the rear region (700) of the lower portion of the user's leg to the anklebone region (701).
Claims22
A sports shoe for practicing a gliding sport, comprising a force transmission structure for consolidating the forces transmitted between a gliding device, associated to said sports shoe, and a foot and a lower portion of the user's leg accomodated in said shoe, said force transmission structure comprising:
- a relatively rigid sole adapted to be interfaced with said gliding device;
- a relatively rigid shell associated to said sole and extending beyond said sole for surrounding, at least partially, the user's foot;
- a cuff associated to said shell and extending beyond said shell for surrounding, at least partially, the lower portion of the user's leg;
- characterised in that said force transmission structure comprises force conveying means for concentrating the forces, which are transmitted between said gliding device and the foot and the lower portion of the user's leg, in a predefined stress region, said predefined stress region extending from the rear region of the lower portion of the leg to the anklebone region of the user.
The sports shoe, according to one or more of preceding claims, characterised in that said force conveying means comprise one or more predefined relief regions and/or one or more first support elements and/or one or more second support elements.
The sports shoe, according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterised in that said predefined relief regions comprise:
- one or more third contoured openings, said third contoured openings being provided on the heel portion of said shell;
- and/or
- one or more fourth contoured openings, said fourth contoured openings being provided on the said cuff.
The sports shoe, according to one or more of preceding claims, characterised in that said first support elements are associated to said shell and said cuff, so as to surround, at least partially, the rear region of the lower potion of the user's leg and/or cover, at least partially, the anklebone region.
The sports shoe, according to one or more of preceding claims, characterised in that said first support elements are made, at least partially, of metal materials and/or plastic materials and/or carbon materials and/or light alloy materials and/or resilient materials.
The sports shoe, according to one or more of preceding claims, characterised in that said second support elements comprise one or more reinforcing ribs provided on said shell and/or said cuff.
The sports shoe, according to one or more of preceding claims, characterised in that said shell and/or said cuff are covered, at least partially, by at least a layer of soft or lightweight materials.
The sports shoe, according to one or more of preceding claims, characterised in that said predefined relief regions are covered, at least partially, by at least a layer of soft or lightweight materials.
The sports shoe, according to one or more of preceding claims, characterised in that it comprises a removable inner boot, said inner boot comprising at least a waterproof layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.