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US 5,167,083 AGranted
Ski boot with an articulated tongue part
AssigneeRaichle Sportschuh AG
InventorKlaus Walkhoff
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Abstract
Guide orifices for the clamping cables are provided above the joint on the heel part of the ski boot. The tongue part has guide eyelets in lateral rear end regions and passages approximately centrally between these guide eyelets and the longitudinal mid-plane of the boot. The clamping cables starting from the clamping device extend correspondingly from the guide orifices to the guide eyelets and under the tongue part to the respective passages. Between the passages, the clamping cables are guided over the tongue part. Their ends on this side are secured to the shell part at fastening points covered by the tongue part. The clamping cables constitute a guide for the tongue part, so that the ski boot can be closed solely by tightening the clamping cables by means of the clamping device.
Claims11
A ski boot comprising:
- a shell part having a toe/instep region and an instep/shin region and equipped with a sole;
- a heel part mounted on the shell part so as to be forwardly pivotable out of a position of rest about an axis extending essentially parallel to the sole, said heel part articulated on the shell part in the region of the heel bone;
- in said position of rest, said heel part being forwardly inclined;
- a tongue part which is articulated on the shell part in the toe/instep region and which is forwardly pivotable for entry into and exit from the ski boot and which covers the shell part in the instep/shin region;
- a cable-like clamping element extending over the tongue part;
- a clamping device fore the releasable clamping of said clamping element;
- a guide and a guide element;
- said clamping element extending on both sides of the ski boot from said guide located on the heel part above its point of articulation on the shell part to said guide element, said guide element being on the tongue part in the lateral end regions of the latter at the transition between the instep region and the shin region;
- said ski boot being closed by clamping the clamping element;
- said ski boot being a front-entry ski boot;
- said boot having a longitudinal direction;
- wherein the tongue part is guided on the shell part, in the toe/instep region, so as to be displaceable essentially in said longitudinal direction of the boot, and is mounted pivotably about an axis extending transversely relative to the longitudinal direction of the boot and approximately parallel to the sole;
- wherein the tongue part has two lateral front end regions and wherein said toe/instep region has a pocket adjacent to said two lateral front end regions;
- a strap upon which said tongue part is mounted pivotably, in each of said two lateral front end regions;
- said strap guided on the shell part, with its longitudinal extension extending essentially in the longitudinal direction of the boot, so as to be displaceable approximately in the longitudinal direction of the boot, so that said strap is receivable into said pocket;
- wherein the tongue part has a rear end position;
- and
- whenever the tongue part is in said rear end position, the strap is pivotable about an axis extending transversely relative to the longitudinal direction of the boot and essentially parallel to the sole.
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A ski boot comprising
- a shell part having a toe/instep region and an instep/shin region and equipped with a sole;
- a heel part mounted on the shell part so as to be forwardly pivotable out of a position of rest about an axis extending essentially parallel to the sole, said heel part articulated on the shell part in the region of the heel bone;
- in said position of rest said heel part being forwardly inclined;
- a tongue part which is articulated on the shell part in the toe/instep region and which is forwardly pivotable for entry into and exit from the ski boot and which covers the shell part in the instep/shin region;
- a cable-like clamping element extending over the tongue part;
- a clamping device for the releasable clamping of said clamping element;
- a guide and a guide element;
- said clamping element extending from said guide located above the point of articulation of the heel part on the shell part to said guide element, said guide element being on the tongue part in the lateral end regions of the latter at the transition between the instep region and shin region;
- said ski boot being a front-entry ski boot;
- said boot having a longitudinal direction;
- the tongue part being guided on the shell part, in the toe/instep region, so as to be displaceable essentially in said longitudinal direction of the boot, and being mounted pivotably about an axis extending transversely relative to the longitudinal direction of the boot and approximately parallel to the sole;
- the tongue part comprising two lateral front end regions;
- said toe/instep region being connected to guiding means adjacent to said two lateral front end regions;
- said tongue part being mounted pivotably in each of said two lateral front end regions at said guide means;
- the tongue part having a front end position and a rear position;
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- said guide means comprising longitudinal extensions for guiding the lateral front end regions of the tongue part so that the tongue part is displaceable from the front end position to the rear end position approximately in the longitudinal direction of the boot and in the rear end position being pivotable about the axis extending transversely relative to the longitudinal direction of the boot and essentially parallel to the sole.
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