Patent · US Expired

Ski boot liner

US5339545A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1993
Grant dateAug 23, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA43B19/00
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Internal liner for insertion between the lower part of the leg and the foot of a skier and a shell of a sports boot such as an alpine ski boot, such liner including a vamp enveloping the foot which is overlaid by an upper enveloping the lower part of the leg and constituted by a rear portion and a front portion respectively forming a rear wedge and a front wedge joined to constitute a wall having a given thickness adapted to play an adjusting role for the footwear between the internal surface of the shell of the boot and the lower part of the leg, wherein it is constituted by a sock extending uniformly and without folds, and having, at least in one stretchable zone, a plurality of distinct and juxtaposed wedging elements fixed externally thereon to constitute the wall of the liner having a given thickness and compressibility.

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