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US 4,085,528 AGranted
Ski-boot
AssigneeTrappeur, S. A.
InventorMarc Delery
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Abstract
A ski-boot having a U-shaped reinforcement with a horizontal base extending through the sole of the boot in which the upper arms of the reinforcement are secured at the top and to the rear of the boot, and bear against a major portion of the boot. The invention is concerned with injection moulded ski-boots of plastics, and preferably thermoplastics material.
Claims18
An injection molded ski-boot of plastics, and preferably thermoplastics material, said boot comprising:
- a rigid upper;
- a rigid sole and heel integral with the upper;
- a collar surrounding the top of the upper, effective
- a U-shaped reinforcement;
- a horizontal base on said reinforcement which extends through the sole near the heel;
- limbs on the reinforcement which extend towards the top of the boot, said limbs being each situated at the rear of the boot, and which bear firmly against a major portion of the rear of the upper of the boot, one on each side of the longitudinal centre-line of the boot;
- and an upper arm on each limb, each upper arm being secured at a free end near to the top of the rear of the upper;
- and
- means on each side of the upper for adjustment of the position of the limbs.
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In a ski-boot of the type having a rigid upper, a rigid sole and heel and a collar, an improved adjustment mechanism comprising:
- a continuous member having a lower base portion approximately equal in length to the width of the heel and a pair of limb portions extending from the ends of said base, said limbs having a contour following the exterior of the boot from the heel, along the sides of the boot upper and upwardly along the rear of the boot upper in a generally parallel relation;
- means on the heel of the boot for receiving said base;
- guide means on the sides of the upper for locating said limbs;
- and
- means for securing the parallel portion of said limbs to the rear of the upper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.