Variable-rigidity sports boot
AssigneeLange International S.A.
InventorsPeter Cagliari, Riccardo Perotto
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Abstract
The boot for gliding sports, particularly for skiing, comprises a rigid shell (2) for partially surrounding a user's foot, a collar (3) articulated on the shell (2), and an inner boot, said shell (2) including an open part that makes it easier to put the boot on and to take it off. The boot also comprises at least one flexible element (6) covering said open part so as to close the boot, and a semirigid element (7, 8) superposed over said flexible element (6), and means (9) for fixing said elements on the rigid shell (2).
Claims9
A boot for gliding sports, particularly for skiing, comprising a rigid shell (2, 2′) having a cutout (20) on its upper face so as not to cover over the top of a user's foot, but to partially enclose that foot, at least one flexible element (6, 6′) extending in said cutout (20) so as to close the boot, a collar (3, 3′) articulated on the shell (2, 2′), and an inner boot, wherein the flexible element is outside the shell, and wherein the boot comprises a semirigid element (7, 8;
- 7′, 8′) superposed on said flexible element (6, 6′) and means (9, 9′) of linking said elements to the rigid shell (2, 2′).
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