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US 4,615,127 AGranted
Ski boot
AssigneeCompagnie Francaise d'Articles de Sport
InventorMarc Delery
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a ski boot made of plastics material comprising a shell adapted to receive the foot, wherein the rear part of the shell presents a rigid, flexible portion which follows the shape of the bottom of the rear face of the leg; and the rear of the boot presents a means adapted to push this rigid, flexible portion towards the front of the shell.
Claims4
An improved rear-entry ski boot comprising:
- a shell adapted to receive a wearer's foot;
- rear and front spoilers articulated to said shell;
- and
- tightening means;
- wherein said shell has an integral rigid flexible portion flexibly articulated to a rear portion of said shell at the level of the wearer's calcaneum, said rigid flexible portion comprising a V-shaped notch disposed at the top of said rigid flexible portion along a plane of join, and two symmetrical clearances in the plane passing through the top of the wearer's calcaneum and the zone of swell of the wearer's malleoli and stopping at the rear of such swell;
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- further wherein the rear spoiler comprises means for pushing said rigid flexible portion towards the front of the shell.
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