Ski boot incorporating a foot securing device
AssigneeNordica S.p.A.
InventorMariano Sartor
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Abstract
The foot securing device comprises, inside the shell, a single traction element such as a cable. This cable has a first portion which embraces a pressor in the metatarsal region and is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shell. Conveniently, the firt portion of the cable extends from the inner part of the foot adjacent to the big toe towards the outer part thereof in the direction of the instep. The cable furthermore has a second portion extending rearwardly with respect to the boot, which affects the region of the heel of the foot, and/or with a third portion extending transversely above said presser in the foot instep region. Advantageously, a spool for tensioning the cable is associated therewith.
Claims10
In a ski boot incorporating a foot securing device, said ski boot comprising an upper, a substantially elongated shell having a toe portion, a heel portion, an instep portion and a metatarsal portion, a foot presser mounted internally of said shell so as to face said intep and metatarsal portions thereof, a single traction element mounted internally of said shell for acting on said presser at least partially, said traction element including a first overlapping said presser adjacent said metatarsal portion of said shell, a second tract extending internally of said shell between said metatarsal and said heel portion thereof, and a third tract overlapping said presser adjacent said instep portion of said shell, the improvement consisting of the fact that said first tract of said traction element extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction of said shell from one side to the other thereof to thereby embrace said presser both transversely and longitudinally thereof.
A ski boot according to claim 10, wherein said first tract of said traction element has a free end which is rigidly connected to said shell laterally thereof in a location proximate the inner part of the user's toe, there being further provided means for guiding the other end of said first tract which confines with said second tract internally of said shell towards the external malleolus of a user's foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.