US 5,203,098 AGranted

Alpine ski boot with side latching apparatus

AssigneeSalomon S.A.

InventorsClaude Perrissoud, Serge Lagier

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Abstract

Alpine ski boot whose upper has a rear collar for tightening the lower leg, journalled around an axis connecting it to shell base in the zone of the heel. The collar is retained and connected, in the position of closure of the upper, along a predetermined inclination with respect to the shell base by a latching apparatus including lateral rigidifying elements adjustable in relative position on the shell base.

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A ski boot comprising:

a shell base having a heel portion and a pair of side portions;
an upper comprising a rear collar;
a pivot journal connecting said rear collar for pivoting at said heel portion of said shell base between a rearward position and a forward latched position;
a closure system for closing the upper on the lower leg of a skier;
a latching apparatus for latching said upper with respect to said shell base in said forward latched position and for unlatching said upper with respect to said shell base to allow movement of said rear collar toward said rearward position, and wherein:
said latching apparatus comprises an apparatus distinct from said shell base and said upper;
said latching apparatus is located in a zone of the malleoli of the skier;
said latching apparatus is connected to said shell base at an area of said shell base forward of the malleoli of said skier;
said latching apparatus is connected to said rear collar at said upper at an area of said rear collar above the malleoli of said skier in said forward latching position of said rear collar;
said latching apparatus comprises a rigidifying element on each of said pair of side portions of said shell base, each of said rigidifying elements comprising:
at least one fixed linkage device fixedly linking each of said rigidifying elements to said shell base at a predeterminate location;
and
a further linkage device for linking said rigidifying element to said rear collar in said forward latched position;
said rear collar comprises a pair of wings, each of said wings having an opening therein;
each of said further linkage devices comprises a projection located for nesting within a respective one of said openings in said wings of said rear collar in said forward latched position of said rear collar;
at least one of said at least one fixed linkage device comprises a removable linkage element;
and
each of said rigidifying elements further comprises an adjustable linkage device for fixedly linking a respective one of said rigidifying elements at a selected one of a plurality of different positions with respect to said shell base by means of said removable linkage element.

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Abstract

A ski boot comprising:

a shell base having a heel portion and a pair of side portions;
an upper comprising a rear collar;
a pivot journal connecting said rear collar for pivoting at said heel portion of said shell base between a rearward position and a forward latched position;
a closure system for closing the upper on the lower leg of a skier;
a latching apparatus for latching said upper with respect to said shell base in said forward latched position and for unlatching said upper with respect to said shell base to allow movement of said rear collar toward said rearward position, and wherein:
said latching apparatus comprises an apparatus distinct from said shell base and said upper;
said latching apparatus is located in a zone of the malleoli of the skier;
said latching apparatus is connected to said shell base at an area of said shell base forward of the malleoli of said skier;
said latching apparatus is connected to said rear collar at said upper at an area of said rear collar above the malleoli of said skier in said forward latching position of said rear collar;
said latching apparatus comprises a rigidifying element on each of said pair of side portions of said shell base, each of said rigidifying elements comprising:
at least one fixed linkage device fixedly linking each of said rigidifying elements to said shell base at a predeterminate location;
and
a further linkage device for linking said rigidifying element to said rear collar in said forward latched position;
said rear collar comprises a pair of wings, each of said wings having an opening therein;
each of said further linkage devices comprises a projection located for nesting within a respective one of said openings in said wings of said rear collar in said forward latched position of said rear collar;
at least one of said at least one fixed linkage device comprises a removable linkage element;
and
each of said rigidifying elements further comprises an adjustable linkage device for fixedly linking a respective one of said rigidifying elements at a selected one of a plurality of different positions with respect to said shell base by means of said removable linkage element.

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