US 5,992,861 AGranted

Adjustable foot equipment

AssigneeDP Systems LLC

InventorDavid J. Piotrowski

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Abstract

The adjustable foot equipment (10) is adaptable to ski boots, in-line roller skates, ice skates, water skis and snowboards, and includes a base (32) formed with a depending appendage (30) adapted to be joined with a support member (102). The appendage (30) and the support member (102) are formed with complementary engaging curved surfaces that permit relative pivotal movement between a foot holding portion (20) of the foot equipment and the support member (102). Once a desired offset angular orientation between the support member (102) and the foot holding portion (20) 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.

Claims14

Dependent claims

Adjustable foot equipment comprising

a) a ski boot for detachable engagement with a ski binding, said ski boot having a foot containment section for accommodating a foot, a toe end, 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 ski boot and a heel portion at the heel end of the ski boot, 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 containment section 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 containment section, and said support means being configured to permit detachable engagement with a ski binding,
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 containment section.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/836,618Filed 2 May 1997 · continuation
Priority: 2 Nov 1994
Granted: 30 Nov 1999
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A43D 999/00
Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
A43B 5/0468
Characterised by type or construction details: adjustment of the angle of the boot to the ski
A43B 5/1633
Skating boots: multipurpose skate boots
A63C 9/086
Yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings: using parts which are fixed on the shoe of the user and are…