US 4,565,017 AGranted

Ski boot

AssigneeOttieri Enterprises

InventorMarco T. Ottieri

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Abstract

A ski boot has a base element forming sole, toe and instep portions and which mounts a shin cuff element, a calf cuff element, and a heel seat element with three triangularly located hinging connections. The heel seat element engages a wearer's heel to aid in closure of the cuff elements and to facilitate removal of the boot. A cuff closure automatically engages when the cuff elements are moved to closed positions, and is readily releasable for ease in boot removal. An adjustable instep closure automatically tightens, by way of strap elements coupled with the rear cuff element, upon closure of the boot. The closure mechanism relaxes the instep closure tension when the skier leans forward. The shin cuff element and the toe portion of the base element movably and replaceably seat a forward lean control element so that it may readily be removed and replaced, and the mounting can be adjustable for selecting the forward lean resistance.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A ski boot having

a base element providing sole, toe and instep portions, and the sole portion having heel, arch and ball sections,
a forward first shin cuff element mounted to said base element for supportingly engaging the shin region of a wearer,
a rear second heel element mounted to said base element for supportingly engaging the back of the heel region of a wearer,
a rear third calf cuff element mounted to said base element for supportingly engaging the calf region of a wearer,
said first, second and third cuff elements being movable between closed positions for providing said supporting engagements and open positions for allowing a wearer to step in and alternatively out of the ski boot,
and further having the improvement comprising
A. first hinge connection means mountingly joining said first shin cuff element to said base element at a first distance above said sole portion, and located along the length of said base element above the forward end of the sole heel section,
B. second hinge connection means mountingly joining said second heel element to said base element at a second distance above said sole portion significantly shorter than said first distance and located along the length of said base element above the rear of the sole heel section, and
C. third hinge conection means mountingly joining said third cuff element to said base element at a third distance greater than said first distance and located along the length of said base element between said first and second hinge connections,
so that said first, second and third hinge connection means define, in vertical side view, the corners of a triangle disposed above the sole heel section.

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In ski boot apparatus having a base element providing sole, toe and instep portions, the sole portion of which has heel, arch and ball sections, and further having a forward shin cuff hingedly mounted to said base element for supportingly engaging the shin of a wearer and a rear calf cuff hingedly mounted to said base element for supportingly engaging the calf of a wearer, and in which said cuff elements are movable between closed positions for providing said supporting engagements and open positions for allowing a wearer to step into and out of the base element, the improvement comprising

A. adjustable instep means on said base element including first and second members aligned substantially side by side and relatively movable for opening the instep, and movable in opposite directions for closing the instep and thereupon urging the heel of a wearer's foot toward the heel section of said sole portion,
B. a first strap element joined at one end thereof to said first member and extending therefrom toward the sole portion in the direction of said relative movement of said first member for closing the instep,
C. a second strap element joined at one end thereof to said second member and extending therefrom toward the sole portion in the direction of said relative movement of said second member for said instep closure, and
D. means coupling other opposite ends of said strap elements to said rear calf cuff for moving said strap elements in the direction for said instep closure upon movement of said rear calf cuff from the open position thereof to the closed position thereof.

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A. adjustable instep means on said base element including first and second members aligned substantially side by side and relatively movable for opening the instep, and movable in opposite directions for closing the instep and thereupon urging the heel of a wearer's foot toward the heel section of said sole portion,
B. strap means attached to said first member and coupled across said instep with said second member and extending therefrom toward the sole portion, and
C. means coupling said strap means to said rear calf cuff for moving said strap means for closing said instep upon movement of said rear calf cuff from the open position thereof to the closed position thereof.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 06/664,991Filed 26 Oct 1984 · continuation
Priority: 28 Sep 1984
Granted: 21 Jan 1986
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A43B 1/0018
Footwear characterised by the material: made at least partially of flexible, bellow-like shaped material
A43B 5/0427
Ski or like boots: characterised by type or construction details
A43B 5/048
Characterised by type or construction details: rear-entry skiboots
A43C 11/16
Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes: fastenings secured by wire, bolts, or the like