Ski boot with an inner foot presser

A ski boot comprising:

• an outer shell;
• an inner boot inserted into said outer shell;
• a foot holding member provided between said outer shell and said inner boot, said foot holding member including a central support portion, slant surfaces provided on the horizontally opposite sides of said central support portion, and pressing portions provided at opposite end portions of said central support portion for pressing said inner boot;
• an adjusting rod provided so as to horizontally penetrate said slant surfaces of said foot holding member, said adjusting rod being rotatably supported at a first and a second end portions thereof by said outer shell;
• a first pressing member slidingly disposed onto said adjusting rod in an axial direction and provided between said foot holding member and said first end portion of said adjusting rod,
• a second pressing member threadingly engaged with said adjusting rod and provided between said foot holding member and said second end portion of said adjusting rod,
• adjusting means, provided at the first end portion of said adjusting rod and projected outward from said outer shell, for applying a fastening force to said foot holding member through said pressing members so as to press said inner boot and fasten a front foot portion in a first position, and for releasing said foot holding member from the fastening force through said pressing members in a second position,
• a movable member slidingly disposed onto said adjusting rod in the axial direction and provided between said adjusting means and said first pressing member, and
• spring means provided between said movable member and said first pressing member for urging said movable member toward said adjusting means.

A ski boot comprising:

• an outer shell;
• an inner boot inserted into said outer shell;
• a foot holding member provided between said outer shell and said inner boot, said foot holding member including a central support portion, a slant surface on either side of said central support portion, and pressing portions provided at end portions distal from said central support portion, said pressing portions pressing said inner boot;
• an adjusting rod penetrating both said slant surfaces of said foot holding member, said adjusting rod having first and second opposite end portions;
• first mounting means for permitting relative rotation and substantially eliminating axial translation of said first end portion with respect to said outer shell;
• second mounting means for permitting relative rotation of said second end portion with respect to said outer shell, said second mounting means axially translating with respect to said adjusting rod;
• a first pressing member slidingly disposed for axial translation with respect to said adjusting rod, said first pressing member is between said second mounting means and said foot holding member;
• a second pressing member threadingly engaged with said adjusting rod for setting a foot fastening force, said second pressing member is between said foot holding member and said first end portion of said adjusting rod;
• and,
• adjusting means for applying and releasing said foot fastening force on said inner boot through said pressing members acting on said slant surfaces, said adjusting means is on said second end portion of said adjusting rod projected outward from said outer shell.