Footwear with shock adsorber
AssigneeAlpinestars Research SRL
InventorGiovanni Mazzarolo
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Abstract
A footwear for protecting the foot against an impact with an external body, comprising a protective component (20) adapted to deforming under pressure from the foot and/or the external body in case of impact. The protection component is made in a way to react under said pressure with a permanent and irreversible structural alteration, thus absorbing and simultaneously dispersing the received energy during the impact.
Claims12
Motorcycle boot for protecting a foot against impact with an external body, comprising a hull made of plastic material comprising a sole lower part and a reinforcing metal plate, the reinforcing metal plate having a first end embedded in the sole lower part and a second end projecting over a seat wherein a protective component is housed, the protective component being adapted to break without carrying out any plastic deformation under pressure from one or more of the foot and the external body during an impact, wherein the protective component absorbs a magnitude of energy from the impact and is blocked on an upper side by the second end of the metal plate;
- and wherein two cuts run through an entire thickness of the sole lower part and extend parallel along a length of the first end of the reinforcing metal plate so as to make the metal plate able to oscillate for cushioning the foot during light impacts to the motorcycle boot.
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