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US 5,669,160 AGranted
Innerboot particularly for skates
AssigneeNoridica S.p.A.
InventorAdolfo Pozzebon
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Abstract
Innerboot particularly usable for skates including a first half-shell and a second separate half-shell that can be mutually coupled. The first and the second half-shells have flaps that partially surround the other half-shell, so as to allow to obtain an innerboot usable both for front-entry shoe and for rear-entry shoe, with an increase in thickness in the areas subjected to a more intense pressure.
Claims17
An innerboot for shorts shoes, said innerboot having an inside and comprising:
- a first lateral portion for surrounding at least a user's first lateral region;
- a second lateral portion for surrounding at least a user's second lateral region;
- a releasably closable front opening extending continuously between said first and second lateral portions at a metatarsal region of the innerboot and at a front tibia region of the innerboot, said front opening extending from a top-most portion of the innerboot to a tip region of the innerboot;
- a first flap portion connected to and protrudingly extending from said first lateral portion;
- and
- a second flap portion connected to and protrudingly extending from said second lateral portion;
- wherein said first flap portion is movably positionable between an open position in which said front opening is open allowing for insertion of a user's foot in the inside of the innerboot and a closed position in which said front opening is closed and in which said first flap portion is arranged to at least partially overlap said second lateral portion with respect to the inside of the innerboot at said metatarsal region of the innerboot,
- and wherein said second flap portion is movably positionable between said open position and said closed position in which said second flap portion is arranged to at least partially overlap said first lateral portion with respect to the inside of the innerboot at said front tibia region of the innerboot,
- and wherein said first flap portion is a continuous flap portion extending from a front-most portion of said first flap portion rearwardly to a rear-most portion of said first flap portion, and said second flap portion is a continuous flap portion extending from a bottom-most portion of said second flap portion upwardly to a top-most portion of said flap portion, and wherein in the closed position said rear most portion of said first flap portion is arranged substantially adjacent said bottom-most portion of said second flap portion, and wherein in the closed position said front-most portion, and wherein in the closed position said front-most portion of said first flap portion is arranged to cover said front opening at the tip region of the innerboot, and wherein in the closed position said top-most portion of said second flap portion is arranged to cover said front opening at the top-most portion of the innerboot.
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A sports shoe comprising an innerboot positioned inside an outer rigid structure, said innerboot being less rigid than said outer rigid structure, said innerboot having an inside and comprising:
- a first lateral portion for surrounding at least a user's first lateral region;
- a second lateral portion for surrounding at least a user's second lateral region;
- a releasably closable front opening extending continuously between said first and second lateral portions at a metatarsal region of the innerboot and at a front tibia region of the innerboot, said front opening extending from a top-most portion of the innerboot to a tip region of the innerboot;
- a first flap portion connected to and protrudingly extending from said first lateral portion;
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- a second flap portion connected to and protrudingly extending from said second lateral portion;
- wherein said first flap portion is movably positionable between an open position in which said front opening is open allowing for insertion of a user's foot in the inside of the innerboot and a closed position in which said front opening is closed and in which said first flap portion is arranged to at least partially overlap said second lateral portion with respect to the inside of the innerboot at said metatarsal region of the innerboot,
- and wherein said second flap portion is movably positionable between said open position and said closed position in which said second flap portion is arranged to at least partially overlap said first lateral portion with respect to the inside of the innerboot at said front tibia region of the innerboot,
- and wherein said first flap portion is a continuous flap portion extending from a front-most portion of said first flap portion rearwardly to a rear-most portion of said first flap portion, and said second flap portion is a continuous flap portion extending from a bottom-most portion of said second flap portion upwardly to a top-most portion of said flap portion, and wherein in the closed position said rear-most portion of said first flap portion is arranged substantially adjacent said bottom-most portion of said second flap portion, and wherein in the closed position said front-most portion of said first flap portion is arranged to cover said front opening at the tip region of the innerboot, and wherein in the closed position said top-most portion of said second flap portion is arranged to cover said front opening at the top-most portion of the innerboot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.