Ski boot
AssigneeLange International S.A.
InventorAndrea Collavo
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Abstract
Ski boot whose upper consists of a variable-volume plastic shell (1) provided with at least one tightening device (5, 6). The outer side (A) of the shell has zones (A′, A″) which are of substantially lower rigidity than the rest of the shell and lie on either side of a stronger band (15) which extends obliquely from the heel to the front end of the shell and bears one of the parts of the tightening device. The effect of said band is to keep the foot bearing against the inner side of the shell, and thus to improve edge setting.
Claims7
A ski boot for a foot, the ski boot having an interface for a ski binding (20a, 20b), an inside, a top, an instep, a heel a sole, and an upper consisting of a variable-volume plastic shell (1) which is closed over the top of the foot and the instep by two overlapping flaps (10, 12) provided with at least one tightening device (5, 6) comprising a part secured to an inner side (B) of the shell, that is to say, a side corresponding to the inside of the foot, and a part fixed on an outer side (A) of the shell, the outer side of the shell having zones of substantially lower rigidity than remaining portions of the shell, wherein said zones (12, 13, 14) of substantially lower rigidity than the remaining portions of the shell lie on either side of a stronger, continuous band (15) extending along a curve whose center of curvature is forward of the middle of the sole and below the boot, which progressively rises from the heel to the top of the front end of the shell, adjacent to and above the metatarsophalangeal region and which supports a tightening device (5a, 6a).
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