Sport boot
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorJean-Louis Demarchi
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Abstract
Sport boot, especially for gliding sport, including an external sole adapted to be affixed to a sporting item, and from which an upper covering the foot extends, wherein the upper is composed of two portions the first of which is made of a relatively rigid material constituting a cradle which forms a rear envelope adapted to house the user's heel and is integral with the sole in the heel zone. A second portion of the upper is made of a relatively flexible material constituting a vamp for covering the forefoot of the user, which is adapted to be fixedly fastened to the free front portion of the sole, on the one hand, and to lateral zones of the rear envelope which affixed thereto, on the other hand, via a connection.
Claims22
A sport boot for a gliding sport, said sport boot comprising:
- an upper comprising a relatively rigid portion and a relatively flexible portion;
- said rigid portion comprising a cradle and an external sole at least extending forwardly from said cradle, said cradle having a shape for extending laterally around and for receiving a heel of a wearer's foot, said cradle extending forwardly to have lateral edge portions, said cradle being integral with said external sole;
- said flexible portion constituting an external vamp having a shape for covering a forefoot of the wearer, said flexible portion being secured to said rigid portion at said external sole and at said lateral edge portion of said cradle;
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- an internal comfort element positioned internally of said upper, said internal comfort element comprising a liner of said upper.
A sport boot for a gliding sport, said sport boot comprising:
- an upper comprising a relatively rigid portion and a relatively flexible portion;
- said rigid portion comprising a cradle and an external sole at least extending forwardly from said cradle, said cradle having a shape for extending laterally around and for receiving a heel of a wearer's foot, said cradle extending forwardly to have lateral edge portions, said cradle being integral with said external sole;
- said flexible portion constituting an external vamp having a shape for covering a forefoot of the wearer, said flexible portion being secured to said rigid portion at said external sole and at said lateral edge portion of said cradle;
- an internal comfort element positioned internally of said upper, said internal comfort element comprising a liner of said upper;
- said flexible portion further comprising a plantar support closing a bottom part of said vamp, said plantar support extending at least along an entire length of said external sole, said plantar support being affixed to said external sole only at said portion of said external sole extending forwardly of said cradle.
A sport boot for a gliding sport, said sport boot comprising:
- an upper comprising a relatively rigid portion and a relatively flexible portion;
- said rigid portion comprising a cradle and an external sole at least extending forwardly from said cradle, said cradle having a shape for extending laterally around and for receiving a heel of a wearer's foot, said cradle extending forwardly to have lateral edge portions, said cradle being integral with said external sole;
- said flexible portion constituting an external vamp having a shape for covering only a forefoot of the wearer, said external vamp being secured to said external sole, said external vamp further being secured to said cradle only at said lateral edge portion of said cradle;
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- a removable liner, said removable liner comprising an internal monoblock liner of said upper positioned internally of and not otherwise affixed to said upper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.