Ski boot
AssigneeSalomon S. A.
InventorsJoseph Morell, Louis Benoit, Maurice Bonnet
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Abstract
A downhill ski boot (1), the upper (3) of which has a front collar (4) and a rear cap (5) placed mutually around an axis (6). The collar (4) and the cap (5) are kept in a position pressing against the skier's leg by tension on a cable (8) which is anchored by one end on the collar (4) or the cap (5) and on its other end on means (19) which allow traction to be applied to it by winding under the action of the elastic solicitation means for the reel in a direction winding up the flexible cable (8) and under the action of manual pulling means (81) allowing additional windup for adjustment of the pressure applied to the skier's leg. This arrangement permits a precise adaptation of the upper (3) of the boot for any leg conformation.
Claims12
In a downhill ski boot, of the type which includes two rigid elements (4, 5) forming a front collar element (4) and a rear cap element (5), mutually arranged in a lower zone of an upper (3) to permit the changing between a relative open (3) position and a relative closed (3) position, a notably, to allow a position of variable pressure of these two elements (4, 5) against the skier's leg to be occupied, this position being intermediate between said open and closed positions;
- releasable locking means (8, 19), to retain said elements (4, 5) in position pressing against the leg and to allow, when desired, their passage into open (3) position, said locking means (8, 19) having, for this purpose, at least one flexible cable (8) which is substantially inextensible, in functional connection with at least a first of said elements (4, 5) of said upper in an upper zone thereof and means of traction (19) on said flexible cable (8), carried by the second of said elements (4, 5) of said upper (3), the improvement in which said traction means (19) on said flexible cable (8) comprises
- (a) a reel (15) for winding said flexible cable (8), a zone (14) of which is connected to a zone of said reel (15);
- (b) devices (20, 34, 89) carried by said second element (3) for defining at least one rotational axis (28, 157) of said reel (15) with respect to said second element (3);
- (c) means (60) of elastic solicitation for said reel (15) in a predetermined direction (67) of rotation around said rotational axis (28, 157), corresponding to a windup of said flexible cable (8), to elastically solicit said elements (4, 5) towards the closed upper (3) position;
- (d) means (81) for manual pulling of said reel in said direction (67), to allow an additional windup of said flexible cable on said reel (15) when said upper (3) elements (4, 5) occupy a position exerting pressure against the skier's leg;
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- (e) means (44, 73, 113, 114) for temporary immobilization of said reel (15) in rotation in a direction opposite to said predetermined direction (67).
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