US 9,161,589 B2Granted

Ski boot

AssigneeCalzaturificio S.C.A.R.P.A. S.p.A.

InventorsDavide Parisotto, Luca Gasparini

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Abstract

Ski-boot includes a rigid shell shaped to accommodate the foot, and a rigid cuff which is shaped to surround the ankle and is hinged on the shell so to be rotatable about a transversal reference axis; the shell being provided with a front sole and with a substantially duckbill-shaped front appendix which protrudes from the tip of the shell to form an extension of the front sole, and is structured so as to engaged in the front jaw of a specific ski fastening device; the front appendix having, on each lateral side, a respective side groove which starts on the appendix upper face at a distance from the appendix tip ranging between 10 and 20 millimeters, and continues by flanking the shell tip while increasing its depth, so to form a descending slope above which a corresponding prong of the front jaw of the ski fastening device is arranged.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A ski boot comprising:

a rigid shell, said rigid shell adapted to accommodate a foot of a user therein;
a rigid cuff, said rigid cuff hinged on said rigid shell adapted to substantially coincide with the articulation axis of the ankle of said user, and rotatable thereabout;
and a front sole and a rear heel sole affixed to a lower portion of said rigid shell,
said rigid shell having a protruding portion, said protruding portion extending upon and over said front sole, said protruding portion extending past said front sole,
said front sole, said rear heal sole and said protruding portion configured to engage respective ski fasteners secured to a ski, thereby capable of securing said ski boot to said ski,
wherein said rigid shell has respective external side grooves along either side of said ski boot, said side grooves beginning a distance from the end of said protruding portion and extending externally along a substantially rearward descending slope therefrom, and wherein said side grooves of said protruding portion are capable of engaging therein a front jaw of a front ski fastener.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/415,884Filed 9 Mar 2012
Priority: IT TV2011A00359 Mar 2011
Published: US 2012/0227286 A113 Sep 2012
Granted: 20 Oct 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A43B 5/0494
Telemark boots: adaptations for soles or accessories associated with soles for telemark bindings
A63C 9/0807
Yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings: for both towing and downhill skiing
A63C 9/086
Yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings: using parts which are fixed on the shoe of the user and are…
A43B 5/04
Footwear for sporting purposes: ski or like boots