Adjustable foot equipment
AssigneeDP Systems LLC
InventorDavid J. Piotrowski
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Abstract
The adjustable foot equipment is adaptable to ski boots, in-line roller skates, ice skates, water skis and snowboards, and includes a base formed with a depending appendage adapted to be joined with a support member. The appendage and the support member are formed with complementary engaging curved surfaces that permit relative pivotal movement between a foot holding portion of the foot equipment and the support member. Once a desired offset angular orientation between the support member and the foot holding portion is determined, a securing arrangement locks the support member to the appendage. The securing arrangement can be easily released to permit resetting of a selected offset angular orientation. Some embodiments of the invention permit permanent adjustment of a selected offset angular orientation.
Claims20
Adjustable foot equipment comprising
- a) a foot holding means having a toe end and a heel end for accommodating a foot, said foot holding means having a base portion with a curved bottom surface,
- b) substantially rigid support means at said base portion, said support means including a toe portion at the toe end of the foot holding means and a heel portion at the heel end of the foot holding means, said support means having one side configured to receive the curved bottom surface of said base portion such that the toe portion and the heel portion of said support means engage said base portion to permit relative rotatable movement between said foot holding means and the toe and heel portions of said support means to selected angular orientations with respect to each other about an axis extending longitudinally of the base portion of said foot holding means, and said support means having an opposite side configured to permit engagement of said opposite side against a flat surface,
- c) securing means for locking said support means and said base portion together at one of said selected angular orientations between the toe and heel portions of said support means and said foot holding means.
Adjustable foot equipment comprising
- a) a foot holding means having a toe end and a heel end for accommodating a foot, said foot holding means having a base portion with a curved bottom surface,
- b) at least one substantially rigid support member at the toe end and at the heel end of the foot holding means, said support member having an upper surface configured to receive the curved bottom surface of said base portion to permit relative rotatable movement between said foot holding means and said support member to selected angular orientations with respect to each other about an axis extending longitudinally of the base portion of said foot holding means, and said support member having a lower substantially flat surface, and
- c) securing means for locking said support member and said base portion together at one of said selected angular orientations between said support member and said foot holding means.
Adjustable foot equipment comprising
- a) a foot pivoting means having a toe end and a heel end and a base portion with a curved bottom surface,
- b) substantially rigid support means at said base portion, said support means including a toe portion at the toe end of the foot pivoting means and a heel portion at the heel end of the foot pivoting means, said support means having one side configured to receive the curved bottom surface of said base portion such that the toe portion and the heel portion of said support means engage said base portion to permit relative rotatable movement between said foot pivoting means and the toe and heel portions of said support means to selected angular orientations with respect to each other about an axis extending longitudinally of the base portion of said foot pivoting means, and said support means having an opposite side configured to permit engagement of said opposite side against a flat surface,
- c) securing means for locking said support means and said base portion together at one of said selected angular orientations between the toe and heel portions of said support means and said foot pivoting means.
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