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Sport boot provided with an adjustable arch support, and an adjustable arch support therefor

US5903985A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 1997
Grant dateMay 18, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA43B7/1469
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Sport boot including a sole overlaid by an upper, the boot having an internal support surface for the foot and a portion for supporting the arch of the user's foot, wherein the supporting portion is constituted by a flexible, elastically deformable element positioned between the internal support surface and an internal lateral flank of the upper, and wherein it includes a volume adjusting mechanism which it demarcates with the upper, by acting on its profile, along at least one transverse plane with respect to the longitudinal axis of the foot.

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