Apparatus for attaching a shoe to a gliding element
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorFran.cedilla.ois Girard
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Abstract
The apparatus for attaching a shoe to a gliding element is adapted more particularly for the practice of skating. It includes a latching mechanism complementary with the latching mechanism borne by the shoe. The latching mechanism are arranged substantially in the area of the metatarso-phallangian journal zone or in front thereof, and are designed so as to allow for release of the shoe beyond a predetermined force being inserted on the latching mechanism, and the apparatus comprises mechanism for blocking the front end of the shoe against the gliding element. According to one embodiment the blocking device of the front end of the shoe are constituted by second latching mechanism which cannot be freed from the shoe and the apparatus.
Claims14
An apparatus adapted to be affixed to a gliding element and for attaching a shoe to the gliding element for the practice of a gliding/skating sport, said apparatus comprising:
- a latching mechanism including a latching element adapted to be carried by the gliding element and adapted for latching cooperation with a complementary element borne by a shoe, said latching element being positioned substantially in an area corresponding to the metatarso-phallangian journal zone of a foot;
- an engagement mechanism including an engagement element adapted to be carried by the gliding element and adapted for engagement cooperation with an element borne by the shoe at a front end of the shoe, said engagement element being positioned forwardly of said latching element and in an area corresponding to a front end of the shoe;
- wherein said latching mechanism and said engagement mechanism attach the shoe to the gliding element along a zone extending from said front end of the shoe to substantially the area of the metatarso-phallangian journal zone;
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- wherein said latching mechanism includes a device allowing release of the complementary element from said latching element in response to an exerted force beyond a predetermined magnitude by the shoe on the latching element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.