Ski boot
AssigneeCompagnie Francaise d'Articles de Sport
InventorMarc Delery
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Abstract
A ski boot in plastic material includes a shell adapted to receive the foot, a front spoiler articulated on the shell for pivoting frontwards thereof and adapted to grip the bottom part of the leg, a buckle system for tightening the front spoiler on the bottom part of the leg, and a damper joined to the shell and to the front spoiler. A flexible arciform plate is further provided which adopts the general shape of the instep, an upper end of the plate being joined to the front spoiler, and a lower end of the plate being joined to the shell, the upper end of said arciform bending plate cooperating with a compressible elastic return element during leaning forward movements.
Claims6
A ski boot in plastic material comprising:
- a shell adpated to receive the foot;
- a front spoiler articulated on the shell for pivoting frontwards thereof, and adapted to grip the bottom part of the leg;
- means for tightening the front spoiler on the bottom part of the leg;
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- damping means comprising a flexible bending arciform plate situated in the plane of symmetry and adopting the general shape of the instep, said arciform plate being joined by its lower end to the shell at the level of the tarsus and metatarsus, said lower end comprising means for adjusting the forward inclination, and said arciform plate being further movably secured by its upper end to the front spoiler above the instep, said upper end cooperating with a compressible elastic return element during leaning forward movements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.