Anti-bowing form fitting boot
AssigneeHanson Industries Incorporated
InventorsChris A. Hanson, George S. Henderson
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Abstract
An improved boot for sportswear, such as a custom fitted ski boot with a substantially rigid outer shell, wherein the top instep portion is offset from the lower vamp section. An apertured pleat member interconnects the offset portions. The offset instep-vamp relationship along with the apertured pleat member serves to transmit normally occurring compressive forces through a bending moment at the location of the apertured pleat member to substantially minimize bowing of the boot shell.
Claims9
In a boot that covers the ankle of the wearer, said boot including a vamp and an upper instep portion, an improvement for preventing bowing of the boot on either boot side adjacent the wearer's ankles, said improvement comprising:
- said upper instep portion extending downwardly to overlie a portion of said vamp;
- a pleat member interconnecting said upper instep portion and said ramp portion;
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- said pleat member including an aperture extending transversely across the front of said boot and between said upper instep portion and said vamp portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.