Shell, particularly for a ski boot
AssigneeBenetton Group S.p.A.
InventorFrancesco Caeran
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Abstract
A shell, particularly for a ski boot, constituted by a box-like main body which is open in an upward region and is rigidly coupled to a sole. The shell has, at the foot instep region, two arc-like partially overlapping plates, each of which is rotatably pivoted to the shell by pivots arranged laterally to the shell on an axis which is approximately parallel to the resting plane of the sole. The rotation of the two plates is limited by a pivot and slot connection arranged in the region in front of the heel.
Claims25
A shell, particularly for a ski boot, said shell comprising a main body which is open in an upward region such that said main body has an opening in the upward region thereof, and said main body having a longitudinal extension extending between a toe and a heel of said main body, and said main body having a vertical median plane and a top region arranged at said vertical median plane, said shell further comprising, at the foot instep region, two partially overlapping plate portions arranged at said opening in the upward region of said main body, each of said plate portions being rotatably pivoted to said main body by means of first rotary connection means arranged laterally to said main body distally from said vertical median plane and distally from said top region on an axis which is approximately parallel to a resting plane of a sole of said shell and which is transverse to said longitudinal extension of said main body such that each of said plate portions may rotate with respect to said main body respectively about said axis of said first rotary connection means, and the rotation of said two plate portions being limited by second guided connection means arranged in a region in front of said heel of said main body of said shell.
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