Tongue for the anatomical liner of a rigid-shell ski-boot
AssigneeCalzaturificio Tecnica Spa
InventorsAntonello Marega, Andrea Gabrielli
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Abstract
The tongue for the anatomical liner of a rigid-shell ski-boot consists essentially of a front portion 10, made of rigid material, intended to engage with the internal wall of the boot, and a rear portion 12, generally padded, intended to engage with the user's leg. Between the front portion 10 and the rear portion 12 there is provided a substantially longitudinal recess 24 designed to receive filling material and/or elements 28, 50, 52 for modifying the thickness of the tongue. Strips 32, 14 for securing the filling material and/or elements 28, 50, 52 inside the recess 24 are also provided.
Claims10
A tongue for an anatomical liner of a rigid-shell ski boot comprising:
- (A) an elongated, rigid front part;
- (B) a padded rear part attached to the front part and engagable with a leg of the boot user;
- (C) an elongated recess between the front part and the rear part;
- (D) at least one elongated insert of a size and configuration as to be receivable in the recess;
- (E) an opening at an upper portion of the recess having a configuration sufficient to allow passage of the insert thereinto, such that the insert may be manually and incrementally positioned from outside of the recess by a boot user at a plurality of pre-selected vertical locations in the recess relative to the leg of the user and thereby manually and incrementally adjust the thickness of the tongue;
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- (F) securing means operable by the boot user from outside of the recess for manually releasably securing the insert at any one of said pre-selected locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.