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Ski boot incorporating a flex control device

US4615128A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 22, 1985
Grant dateOct 7, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 22, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA43B5/0454
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The flex control device comprises a pin element associated with the ski boot shell and extending through an elongate aperture formed in an impression defined on the leg portion or lining quarter. Receivable in the cited impression is a small shaped plate having a slot to allow said pin element therethrough. The device further includes a means for releasably locking said small shaped plate in a first position wherein the slot is aligned with the elongate aperture, for a combined rotary and sliding movement between the leg portion or lining quarter and shell, and in a second position wherein the slot extends crosswise to the elongate aperture.

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