Support device, particularly for shoes
AssigneeBenetton Group S.p.A.
InventorsAlessandro Pozzobon, Stefano Soligo
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Abstract
A support device, for shoes to be associated with a sports implement such as a ski, a roller skate or an ice skate, includes a rigid shell which partially surrounds the shoe laterally, to the rear and in a lower region and can be interposed between the shoe and an element for engaging the sports implement, the rigid shell having means for detachable locking to the shoe.
Claims14
In combination, a support device supporting a shoe releasably locked to a sports implement by means of a binding engagement element connected to said sports implement,
- said support device comprising a rigid shell which partially surrounds said shoe laterally, rearwardly and in a lower region such that said support device is interposed between said shoe and a heel resting surface of said binding engagement element, said rigid shell having means for removably locking said shoe,
- said support device further comprising a rear opening exposing a rear heel region of said shoe, and said binding engagement element comprising a rear retainer releasably engaging said rear heel region of said shoe through said rear opening of said support device.
In combination, a support device supporting a shoe releasably locked to a sports implement by means of a binding connected to said sports implement,
- said support device comprising a rigid shell which partially surrounds said shoe laterally, rearwardly and in a lower region such that said support device is interposed between said shoe and a heel resting surface of said binding,
- said support device further comprising a rear opening exposing a rear heel region of said shoe, and
- said binding comprising a rear retainer releasably engaging said rear heel region of said shoe through said rear opening of said support device.
A support device for supporting a shoe to be releasably locked to a sports implement by means of a binding connected to said sports implement,
- said support device comprising a rigid shell configured to partially surround said shoe laterally, rearwardly and in a lower region, when said support device is attached around said shoe,
- said support device comprising a rear resting base configured for being arranged below and supporting a heel of said shoe when said support device is attached around said shoe,
- said support device further comprising a rear opening exposing a rear heel region of said shoe such that a rear retainer of a binding may releasably engage said rear heel region of said shoe through said rear opening of said support device when said support device is attached around said shoe and when said shoe is releasably locked to a sports implement by means of the binding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.