Removable traction surfaces for footwear
AssigneeEngineered Sports Products, Inc.
InventorMelvin W. Dalebout
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Abstract
A ski boot is constructed with a relatively rigid bottom foot enclosure adapted to couple with a bottom traction component comprised of heel and sole portions. Traction components with traction surfaces of varying characteristics, dependent upon their intended use, may be interchangeably installed on the boot through snap lock elements integral with the foot enclosure and traction components.
Claims17
In a ski boot having a rigid foot enclosure adapted for releasable mounting atop a ski, including a traction member detachable from said foot enclosure with an upper mating surface for attachment adjacent the bottom of said foot enclosure, the improvement comprising:
- boss means carried by the bottom of said foot enclosure, including an inclined surface;
- aperture means carried by said traction member and arranged to register with said boss means, including an inclined surface mutually adapted with the inclined surface of said boss means to lock the upper mating surface of the traction member against the bottom of said foot enclosure in a press fit engagement, said traction member including:
- a sole portion carrying means for engagement by a ski toe binding apparatus;
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- a heel portion carrying means for engagement by a ski heel binding apparatus.
A rigid athletic boot with a bottom traction member detachable from the bottom of said boot and including an upper mating surface for attachment adjacent said bottom, comprising:
- boss means carried by the bottom of said foot enclosure, including an inclined surface;
- and
- aperture means carried by said traction member and arranged to register with said boss means, including an inclined surface mutually adapted with the inclined surface of said boss means to lock the upper mating surface of the traction member against the bottom of said foot enclosure in a press fit engagement;
- wherein said upper mating surface is canted a selected degree with respect to said traction surface so that the foot enclosure is held at a selected cant with respect to a said traction surface.
A rigid athletic boot with a bottom traction member detachable from the bottom of said boot and including an upper mating surface for attachment adjacent said bottom, comprising:
- boss means carried by the bottom of said foot enclosure, including an inclined surface;
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- aperture means carried by said traction member and arranged to register with said boss means, including an inclined surface mutually adapted with the inclined surface of said boss means to lock the upper mating surface of the traction member against the bottom of said foot enclosure in a press fit engagement;
- wherein the bottom of the foot enclosure includes a toe portion with a boss including a front portion extending longitudinal the center of the bottom adapted to fit snugly within a corresponding groove in the traction member and a second member of substantial cross-section, including said inclined surface, locked into an aperture in said traction member.
A rigid athletic boot with a bottom traction member detachable from the bottom of said boot and including an upper mating surface for attachment adjacent said bottom, comprising:
- boss means carried by the bottom of said foot enclosure, including an inclined surface;
- aperture means carried by said traction member and arranged to register with said boss means, including an inclined surface mutually adapted with the inclined surface of said boss means to lock the upper mating surface of the traction member against the bottom of said foot enclosure in a press fit engagement;
- wherein the bottom of the foot enclosure includes a heel portion with a boss including a central portion extending longitudinal the center of the bottom and a plurality of lateral portions, one of which includes said inclined surface, all of said boss portions terminating in a common plane adjacent said bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.