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US 7,984,571 B2Granted
Sport footwear, in particular ski boot, providing an easy entrance and extraction of the foot
AssigneeTecnica SpA
InventorAlfred Pellegrini
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Abstract
Sport footwear, in particular ski boot, having passage openings (16, 19) for the wearer's. foot provided frontally in the lower shell (10) and the leg-piece (20). At least the opening (19) in the leg-piece (20) is capable of being closed by two flaps (22, 23), of which at least one is in the form of a pad (23) coupled to the remaining portion (25) of the leg-piece (20) with a clearance fit allowing said pad (23) to freely rotate in view of enabling the wearer's foot to be most smoothly and conveniently introduced in and subsequently extracted from the footwear.
Claims6
Sport footwear, comprising:
- a lower shell having a portion enclosed in an leg-piece, wherein said lower shell and said leg-piece, which are made of synthetic materials and may enclose an inner lining shoe, are provided frontally with respective passage openings for introduction of a wearer's foot, the respective passage openings roughly extending along a longitudinal mid plane of the footwear and being capable of being closed by respective flaps when partially superimposed upon each other;
- first fixation means for joining at least one of said respective flaps to a remaining portion of one or more of the leg-piece and the lower shell;
- and
- second fixation means, coupled to said first fixation means with a clearance fit, for allowing said at least one flap to freely rotate with respect to said remaining portion of the one or more of the leg-piece and the lower shell, wherein
- said first fixation means comprise a transverse member, and
- said second fixation means comprise a seat for accommodating the transverse member, the seat having a substantially same shape as, but different dimensions from, the transverse member to provide for rotational movement of the first fixation means while coupled to the second fixation means.
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