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OwnerJean-François Couturierinventor
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The invention relates to a sports shoe, especially for downhill skiing, ski-touring, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, roller-skating or ice-skating. The inventive shoe essentially comprises a rigid underframe (11), which is located below the ankle of the wearer, two connecting links (30, 31) between the underframe and the leg of the wearer, and two casings (14, 15), which are arranged in such a way that they can firmly link the leg of the wearer to the connecting links. The underframe (11) comprises a front housing (18) and a rear housing (19). The housings are arranged in such a way that they can receive a soft inner boot (12). The underframe (11) also comprises shoulders (17, 17′), which enable the shoe (10) to be fixed in a conventional binding. The inner boot (12) is able to move inside the underframe. These movements can be a vertical movement of the heel and/or be made about a longitudinal axis in relation to the foot of the wearer, in such a way that the leg of the wearer can move naturally during the sporting acitivity.
A sports shoe or boot, notably for alpine skiing, ski touring, cross-country skiing, surfboarding, roller skating or ice skating, comprising a rigid frame (11, 11′) arranged under the ankle of a wearer of said sports shoe and defining at least a housing (18a, 18b) in which is placed an inner boot (12) receiving the wearer's foot and cooperating with said frame (11, 11′), at least a link extension (13, 13′ 27, 30, 31, 40, 41, 50, 51) between the frame and the leg of the wearer, said link extension being resilient in flexion and in rotation, and at least one casing (14, 14′, 15) fitted to join the wearer's leg firmly to the link extension, wherein the sports shoe (11, 11′) further comprises at least a longitudinal protuberance (65, 72, 72′) arranged between the inner boot (12) and the frame (11, 11′) under said inner boot (12) and designed to allow movement of the inner boot (12) in relation to the frame (11, 11′) around the longitudinal axis of the foot during use of the sport shoe by the wearer.
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