Ski boot having a corrugated front portion
AssigneeComfort Products, Inc.
InventorsErik O. Giese, Dixie L. Rinehart, Alexander L. Gross
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Abstract
A ski boot having a stiff outer shell and a soft inner boot within the shell. A front part of the ski boot has a stiff corrugated front portion adapted to overlap the top and forward portion of the lower leg of the wearer and which allows the wearer to bend the lower leg in the forward direction to flex the corrugated front portion while allowing the heel of the wearer to remain in the heel portion of the shell.
Claims9
A ski boot comprising a stiff outer shell having sides adapted to extend above the ankle of the wearer and having a heel portion adapted to overlap the heel of the wearer, a stiff corrugated front portion adapted to overlap the top of the foot and forward portion of the lower leg of the wearer and adapted to transmit control forces from the leg of the wearer to a ski, and a soft inner boot within said shell adapted to engage the foot and lower leg of the wearer whereby the wearer may bend the lower leg forward to flex said corrugated front portion while maintaining the heel in the heel portion of the shell.
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