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US 5,566,475 AGranted
Sports boot having at least a partially elastic lining
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorThierry Donnadieu
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Abstract
A boot that includes an outer sole, a stiffener surrounding the heel, a vamp, as well as a lining made of an elastic material extending over the top of the front-foot inside vamp, the vamp and the stiffener being assembled to the outer sole in a peripheral assembly zone of the sole. In accordance with the invention, the elastic lining does not have a base and is fixed by its lower peripheral edge to the outer sole, in the peripheral assembly zone of such sole, and lining is fixed at the rear, on each side of boot to the rear stiffener.
Claims19
A sports boot comprising:
- an outer sole having a peripheral zone;
- a rear stiffener positioned for extending at least rearward of and on opposite sides of a heel of the foot of the wearer of the boot;
- a vamp extending at least above a forepart of the foot;
- an elastic lining extending above the forepart of the foot inside said vamp, said lining having a lower peripheral edge defining an opening;
- said vamp and said rear stiffener being assembled to said outer sole along said peripheral zone of said outer sole;
- said lower peripheral edge of said lining being assembled to said peripheral zone of said outer sole;
- and
- said lining being fixed to said rear stiffener.
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A sports boot comprising:
- an outer sole having a peripheral zone;
- a rear stiffener positioned for extending at least rearward of and on opposite sides of a heel of the foot of the wearer of the boot;
- a vamp extending at least above a forepart of the foot;
- an elastic lining extending above the forepart of the foot inside said vamp, said lining having a lower peripheral edge defining an opening;
- said vamp and said rear stiffener being assembled to said outer sole along said peripheral zone of said outer sole;
- said lower peripheral edge of said lining being assembled to said peripheral zone of said outer sole;
- and
- said boot having a flexion fold line, said lining being fixed to said rear stiffener substantially along said flexion fold line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.