Sports boot having an energizing device
US5903984A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 3, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA43B7/20
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A sports boot, especially intended for the practice of gliding sports, made from an external sole adapted to be affixed onto a glide member and including an upper equipped with a stiff rear portion on which is laterally journalled a collar adapted to surround the lower part of the user's leg, such collar extending upwardly from its lateral journal. The collar is capable of pivoting towards the rear about its journal against the energizing return device interspersed between the collar and the upper, wherein the return device includes a substantially semi-circular upper arm, anchored laterally by each of its ends on the collar, and a lower portion connected to the upper arm and in abutment against a lower abutment of the upper.
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