CN116250671A - Snowboard boots - Google Patents

Abstract

In accordance with the present disclosure, there is provided an outer boot of a snowboard boot and a snowboard boot including the outer boot and the inner boot, wherein: the outer boot including a vamp, a leg and a tongue, and being provided with a locker, the outer boot being capable of being placed in an open configuration in which the locker is released so that the tongue of the inner boot can be placed in a forwardly open position so as to be capable of penetrating and backing out of the outer boot; and in this closed configuration, the locker locks the tongue of the outer boot so that the outer boot is tightly wrapped around the outer side of the inner boot for snowboarding. In addition, the outer boot also includes a hardness adjustment assembly that can be actuated to adjust the hardness of the outer boot according to the user's preference.

Description

Snowboard boots

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a snowboard boot, and more particularly, to a snowboard boot including an outer boot and an inner boot, wherein the inner boot can be adapted to walking, driving, etc. in daily life as a general boot and is easily engaged with the outer boot, thereby adapting to the snowboard needs.

Background

Snowboarding, also known as snowboarding, originates in the united states in the middle of the 60 s of the 20 th century, and is involved in surfing. In shman-bola 1965, two skis were bound together, and occasionally a new "ski" was created in which both feet were stepped on a single board, also known as the winter surfing, and the rider used one ski instead of two skis to control direction using the body and both feet.

As shown in FIG. 1, two bindings are fixed to a snowboard at intervals, and a rider stands on his/her side and buckles the boots on the bindings to control the movement of the snowboard by tilting his/her body back and forth. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, two bindings are mounted on the snowboard 10 and include straps 15 and a highback 16, the straps 15 may tighten onto the upper of the snowboard boot 12, and the highback 16 supports the back of the snowboard boot 12, thereby securing the snowboard boot to the snowboard.

Existing snowboards often employ soft boots, although such soft boots are relatively lightweight and soft as compared to double-deck snowboards. However, the need for controlling snowboards remains a relatively stiff and heavy ski boot that is specially adapted for snowboarding only and therefore cannot be used in daily life. In addition, the hardness between the leg and the vamp of such soft boots is low, which is disadvantageous for controlling the snowboard during skiing. There is also a snowboard boot including an inner boot and an outer boot, but the inner boot is difficult to pull out and penetrate from the outer boot, resulting in inconvenience in use of the snowboard boot, and there is also a problem in that the snowboard boot including the inner boot and the outer boot is low in hardness, which is disadvantageous for snowboard control.

In addition, unlike double skiing, single skiing requires a skier to use his body to control the skiing motion, the advancing direction, the speed, etc., and thus requires a higher hardness for the ski boot than double skiing, and different skiers may require different hardness due to skill, etc., but current skiing boots cannot adjust the hardness of the ski boot. A further problem with conventional ski boots is that as the period of use is extended, the hardness of the boot gradually decreases, thereby failing to meet the hardness requirements.

Accordingly, there is a need for improved snowboard boots.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, the present disclosure is to provide a snowboard boot including an inner boot and an outer boot, wherein the inner boot can be very conveniently put on and taken off and can be worn in daily life like an ordinary boot, and the inner boot can be easily penetrated into the outer boot and tightened by tightening a locker during skiing, and in particular, the hardness of the outer boot of the present disclosure can be adjusted according to the user's needs, thereby more easily controlling a snowboard.

In accordance with the present disclosure, there is provided a snowboard boot comprising an inner boot and an outer boot, wherein the outer boot comprises an upper, a shank and a tongue, the shank being closed at the heel and open on the front side, and a locker being provided on the shank, the outer boot being capable of being placed in an open configuration in which the locker is released so that the tongue can be placed in a position in which it is opened forward from the front side of the shank, thereby enabling the inner boot to be passed into and out of the outer boot; and in this closed configuration, the tongue engages the front side of the leg and the locker locks the tongue so that the outer boot is tightly wrapped around the outer side of the inner boot for snowboarding.

In one embodiment, the bootie includes a sole, a toe portion, an upper portion, and a lace, one end of the lace is tied and secured to the upper portion proximate the toe portion, and the other end of the lace is looped around a lace buckle, a small latch, and a large latch disposed on the upper portion and secured to the upper portion proximate the throat.

With the snowboard boot according to the present disclosure, a skier can wear an inner boot in daily life and easily penetrate the inner boot into an outer boot when reaching a skiing site, thereby starting skiing, facilitating skiing movements. In addition, the hardness of the outer boot can be adjusted at will, so that the hardness of the outer boot can be adjusted according to the preference of a skier, and the control of the skiing boot on the snowboard is improved.

Drawings

The foregoing and other features, advantages and technical advantages of the present disclosure may be understood from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure with reference to the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram schematically illustrating a snowboard;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view schematically showing a snowboard boot secured to a snowboard by a binding;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing the bootie;

FIG. 4 is a view showing the bootie shown in FIG. 3 in an open configuration;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a shoelace buckle for an inner boot;

FIGS. 6A and 6B are schematic views showing a small clasp for a bootie;

FIGS. 7A to 7D are schematic views showing a large clasp for a bootie;

FIG. 8 is a medial side view showing one form of an outer boot according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a lateral view illustrating one form of an outer boot according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a view similar to FIG. 9 with the shield in an exploded form;

FIG. 11 is a view showing the outer boot in an open configuration for insertion into or removal from the inner boot;

FIGS. 12A and 12B are schematic views showing the outer boot in a normal state and a forward tilting state;

FIGS. 13A and 13B are views showing the stiffness adjustment assembly of the outer boot in different states;

FIG. 14 is a view showing another embodiment of an outer boot; and

fig. 15 is a view illustrating another angle of the outer boot shown in fig. 14.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but it is to be understood that these embodiments are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and thus the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments. It is noted that in the following description and in the claims, the directional terms "front side", "rear side", "inside" and "outside" are used to modify the shoe, where "front side" refers to the side on which the toe is located, "rear side" refers to the side opposite the front side, i.e., the side on which the heel is located, "inside" refers to the side that is closer to the midline of the user's body when the shoe is worn by the user, and "outside" refers to the side that is farther from the midline of the user's body when the shoe is worn by the user.

In this disclosure, the term "stiffness" is used to describe a ski boot, which refers to the ability of the ski boot to resist a forward incline of the skier about the ankle, or the resistance of the ski boot that is felt by the skier as the skier leans forward, when wearing the ski boot.

As used in this disclosure, the use of "one embodiment" or "the embodiment" does not mean that the features described in one embodiment of the present disclosure can be used in only that embodiment, but that features of one embodiment can be used in other embodiments or combined with features of other embodiments to achieve yet another embodiment, and all such embodiments are intended to fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a snowboard boot is provided that includes an outer boot that is capable of being in an open configuration to facilitate penetration and extraction of the inner boot, and capable of being in a closed configuration to perform activities such as skiing, the open configuration including a tongue of the outer boot pivoting forward away from a leg of the outer boot. The outer boot also includes a closed cinching locker to cinch and lock the outer boot in a closed configuration, for example, when the inner boot has been threaded into the outer boot, so that the user may perform skiing or the like as a ski boot. In addition, the outer boot also includes a hardness adjustment assembly that can be actuated to adjust the hardness of the outer boot according to the user's preference. The hardness adjustment assembly may adjust the hardness of the outer boot according to the skier's preference.

The inner boot is made of a soft material to be suitable for a user to wear in daily life, and comprises a sole, a toe, an upper part and a shoelace, wherein the upper part comprises an inner upper part and an outer upper part, the inner upper part and the outer upper part respectively comprise a plurality of shoelace buckles or locking buckles, the shoelace starts from the shoelace buckle positioned at the inner upper part or the outer upper part closest to the toe, and a single head alternately passes through shoelace hooks of the inner upper part and the outer upper part to fasten the boot, wherein the ending end of the shoelace is detachably fixed to the upper part at a position close to the shoe opening. By arranging the shoelace in this way, the boot can be fastened or unfastened by one hand, and the convenience of the boot is improved.

Preferably, the end of the shoelace is fixed with an engagement means selected from any one of the group consisting of velcro, hooks, velcro, and the upper portion is provided with an engagement element corresponding thereto, thereby fixing the end of the shoelace at a position of the upper portion near the welt, optionally, said position being adjustable. The nylon fastener tape is adopted, so that the ending end of the shoelace can be conveniently fixed, the operation of tying the shoelace with two hands is avoided, the position of the ending end of the shoelace which is tied can be randomly adjusted, and the convenience of use of the boot is improved.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments according to the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1. Inner boot 1

The bootie 1 is described in detail below with reference to fig. 3 and 4. It is noted that only one of the booties 1 (left boot) is described below, but it should be understood that the other (right boot) is a mirror image of the one described and will not be described again.

Boot 1 is a highwall design comprising sole portion 101, toe portion 102, upper portion 103, tongue 104 and lace 105, upper portion 103 comprising a medial upper portion and a lateral upper portion, the medial upper portion and the lateral upper portion being joined at a heel location and optionally covered with a heel strap (not shown), wherein each upper portion in turn comprises a toe portion 1031 and a heel portion 1032, it being understood that such division of the upper portions is for convenience of description only, toe portion 1031 being that portion of the upper portion that generally covers the foot, and heel portion 1032 being that portion of the upper that covers a portion of the calf from the ankle. Tongue 104 is disposed between the lateral upper portion and the medial upper portion and may be received within the upper portion, thereby overlapping a portion of the lasting portion 1031 and the heel portion 1032.

The portions of the inner boot that are opposite the front side, the medial upper portion, and the lateral upper portion form the lacing area. In this lacing area, a plurality of buckles 106, 107 and 108 are secured to the upper portion, around which the lacing 105 tightens the boot 1.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, a plurality of (4 in the drawing) shoelace buckles 106 are fixed in the shoelace region of the front upper portion 1031, and the first shoelace buckle 106 of the start of the outer front upper portion is aligned with the first shoelace buckle 106 of the start of the inner front upper portion, but the second shoelace buckle 106 of the outer front upper portion is offset from the second shoelace buckle 106 of the inner front upper portion 1031. In the heel portion, a small locking buckle 107 and a large locking buckle 108 are fixed, wherein the respective small locking buckles 107 are staggered from each other, and the large locking buckles 108 are fixed at the upper near the welt, respectively, inside and outside.

As shown in fig. 5, the shoelace buckle 106 is of a saddle-like shape, including a notch 1063 for securing to the upper by means of a tab 1062, and on the outer side of the shoelace buckle 106, a plurality of protrusions 1064 are provided, which protrusions 1064 are formed with pointed ends, for example, to increase the adhesion with the tab 1062. A winding passage 1061 is formed at an inner side of the buckle 106, and the winding passage 1061 is, for example, arc-shaped, thereby reducing resistance when the shoelace is pulled.

As shown in fig. 3, on the inside and outside counter portions 1032, a plurality of small clasps 107 are provided, as shown in fig. 6A and 6B, the small clasps 107 including a base plate portion 1071 having a larger diameter and a main body portion 1072 extending upward from the base plate portion 1071, a wire groove 1073 being formed at a substantially central position in a thickness direction of the main body portion 1072, the wire groove 1073 being substantially arc-shaped in cross section and being tapered inward, i.e., substantially wedge-shaped, thereby reducing friction of the shoelace and preventing the shoelace from loosening as the shoelace is caught. In addition, the wire groove 1073 need not be disposed around the entire circumference of the body portion of the small latch, but may be disposed on about three-quarters of a circumference. The small clasp 107 is secured to the upper by any suitable means, such as by riveting, adhesive, etc., and the present disclosure is not limited to any particular form.

As shown in fig. 3 and fig. 7A to 7D, a large locking buckle 108 is symmetrically fixed at a position near the welt of the upper portion, and the large locking buckle 108 is provided to allow the shoelace to be locked in a tightening direction and to prevent the shoelace from being loosened. Fig. 7A to 7D illustrate various views of the large clasp 108, wherein fig. 7A illustrates a perspective view of the large clasp 108, fig. 7B illustrates a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in fig. 7D, fig. 7C illustrates a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C in fig. 7D, and fig. 7D is a top view of the clasp 108, with a portion removed along line D-D in fig. 7B to reveal a shoelace entry/exit passage.

As shown in fig. 7A to 7D, the large clasp 108 includes a base plate portion 1081 having a larger diameter, a main body portion extending from the base plate portion 1081, the main body portion including a base portion 1082 and a cover portion 1083, a winding groove 1084 formed between the base portion 1082 and the cover portion 1083, the winding groove 1084 having a wedge-shaped cross section as shown in fig. 7B and 7C, and an opening size smaller toward the center of the large clasp 108, whereby when the shoelace is wound around the clasp 108, the shoelace is wedged deep into the wedge-shaped winding groove 1084 as the shoelace is tightened, thereby preventing the shoelace from being loosened.

As shown in fig. 7D, a lace in/out passage 1085 is also provided, preferably two, and the lace in/out passage 1085 is provided, for example, symmetrically on both sides of the locking buckle 108, thereby allowing the lace to extend into the winding groove 1084 from either direction and be wound in either direction. Lace entry/exit channel 1085 preferably includes a tapered opening at both ends to allow easy lace penetration.

The winding method of the shoelace is briefly described with reference to fig. 3 as follows:

the starting ends of the shoelace 105 are tied, so that the length of the shoelace is adjusted by adjusting the location of the tying. The initial portion of the shoelace is wound from the first pair of shoelace keepers 106 starting from the toe cap after the knot is tied, and the shoelace 105 is alternately wound around the small locking buckles 107 after extending through the shoelace keepers 106, and the shoelace 105 is smoothly slid due to the grooves having circular arc-shaped cross sections formed in the small locking buckles 107. After extending through the small clasp 107, the shoelace 105 is wrapped around the large clasp 108, and the shoelace 105 may be wrapped around the large clasp 108 from either direction, depending on the user's preference, and around the large clasp 108 one or more turns depending on the length of the shoelace 105 remaining, and then the tail end of the shoelace 105 is secured to the upper. To secure the tail end of the shoelace 105, for example, engagement means such as Velcro strips 109 (Velcro) are provided on the tail end of the shoelace, and mating strips (engagement elements, not shown) are secured near the upper portion near the mouth of the shoe, the strips 109 of the tail end of the shoelace being adhered to the mating strips, thereby securing the end of the shoelace. However, other types of velcro may be used or hooks may be used, and the present invention is not limited to velcro.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the state shown in fig. 4, a skier can easily insert a foot into a boot 1, and the shoelace is not detached from the shoelace buckle 106 but is held on the shoelace buckle 106, so that the skier can grasp with one hand, and since the small and large locking buckles 107 and 108 have wedge-shaped cross sections, they function to prevent the shoelace from being retracted loose, prevent the shoelace 105 being pulled tight from being loosened, and do not require the hand to pull the shoelace all the time, and do not cause the shoelace to be loosened even if the hand is temporarily loosened, and thus can easily tighten the shoelace 105 to a predetermined degree even with one hand alone.

Although one particular embodiment of a bootie according to the present disclosure is described in detail above, it is noted that the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the outer bootie of the present disclosure may be used with any other form of bootie, for example, a typical daily life bootie. Additionally, although an inner boot is described herein with reference to a snowboard boot, it should be understood that the inner boot may also be mated with an outer boot of a snowboard boot to form a snowboard boot.

2. Outer boot 3

The outer boot 3 according to the present disclosure is described below with reference to fig. 8 to 13B. The outer boot 3 is made of a harder material to meet the requirements for controlling the snowboard in snowboarding. The material is, for example: TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer rubber), PVC, PE, PP, etc., wherein TPU is a preferred material due to its excellent low temperature properties.

As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the outer boot 3 includes a sole 31, an upper 32, a tongue 33, and a leg 34, wherein the upper 32 includes a toe portion 321, a middle portion 322, and a heel portion 323. More specifically, toe portion 321 also includes a lateral (lateral side) toe portion 321 and a medial (medial side) toe portion 321, medial portion 322 includes a lateral medial portion 322 and a medial portion 322, and heel portion 323 includes a lateral heel portion 323 and a medial heel portion 323. The leg 34 is a closed, one-piece leg on the rear, the leg 34 being open only on the front to receive the tongue 33.

The tongue 33 is hinged to the rear end of the toe portion 321, whereby the tongue 33 can pivot forward such that the outer boot 3 is in an open configuration (as shown in fig. 11). In this configuration, the inner boot 1 can be easily inserted into the outer boot 3 or removed from the outer boot 3. After the inner boot 1 has been inserted into the outer boot 3 or after the inner boot 1 has been removed from the outer boot 3, the tongue 33 may be pivoted back to the closed position (as shown in figures 8 and 9), i.e. received in the front opening of the leg 34, thereby placing the outer boot 3 in the closed configuration. In order to maintain the closed configuration of the outer boot 3, a closure tightening locking assembly 35 is provided in the upper portion of the outer bootleg portion 34, the closure tightening locking assembly 35 including a locking wire 351 and a tightening locker 352, thereby locking the tongue 33 in the closed position (as shown in figures 8 and 9).

Thus, when it is desired to open tongue 33 to place outer boot 3 in the open configuration, tightening latch 352 may be released, whereby tongue 33 may protrude from the front opening of leg 34 and be placed in the open configuration (see FIG. 11), and in one embodiment, a biasing device (not shown), such as a torsion spring, may also be provided at the junction of tongue 33 and toe portion 321 to bias tongue 33 into the open position. After the inner boot 1 is threaded, the cinch latch 352 is again pulled tight against the locking wire 351 so that the outer boot 3 is in the closed configuration (as shown in figures 8 and 9).

The tightening latch 352 may, for example, employ a latch as disclosed in applicant's prior chinese application No. 201920465886.5 or any latch as disclosed in applicant's prior PCT application PCT/CN2018/102522, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and are not described in detail.

To lock the outer boot, a plurality of wire slots 353 are provided in the upper such that the locking wire 351 passes along the wire slots 353 from a plurality of locations on the surface of the bootleg and the surface of the upper, and in particular such that the locking wire 351 passes from a plurality of locations on the tongue 33, such as from three locations, including a first location at the approximate top of the tongue, a second location near the tongue inflection point, and a third location near the hinge point of the tongue with the toe, the tongue 33 may be securely cinched to the bootleg 34 when the locking wire 351 is pulled by the locker 352 by passing the locking wire 351 at the three locations.

On the surface side of the tongue 33, a guard plate 36 is provided, which guard plate 36 is formed of a material having a higher hardness than the tongue, and which guard plate 36 is sheet-like in shape substantially similar to the shape of the tongue and is fastened to the tongue, for example by means of rivets, screws or the like. As an example, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of bosses 361 are formed on a side of the shield 36 facing the tongue 33, with threaded holes (not shown) formed in the bosses 361, and screws (not shown) are used to secure the shield 36 to the tongue 33 through the tongue 33. At the same time, the boss 361 forms a gap between the tongue and the shield through which the locking wire 351 passing through the first and second positions may extend, whereby the locking wire 351 may freely move up and down within the gap when the tongue 33 is pivoted forward to place the outer boot in the open configuration, thereby avoiding the locking wire 351 obstructing the opening of the tongue 33.

Since the shield 36 is formed of a harder material than the tongue 33, the shield 36 increases the stiffness of the overall outer boot 3, thereby allowing the skier to better manipulate the outer boot to control the snowboard. In addition, the presence of the guard plate 36 also serves as a guard against snow entering the outer boot during skiing, as well as a windshield and warmth retention.

The outer boot 3 is also provided with a hardness adjustment assembly that can adjust the hardness of the outer boot 3 according to the needs of the user (skier) so that the user can better control the ski. The hardness adjustment assembly 40 is described in detail below with reference to fig. 12A-13B.

As shown in fig. 8-11, the outer boot 3 includes a leg 34 and a vamp 32, with the leg 34 being attached to the vamp 32 at a pivot point 341 by rivets or other fasteners so that the leg 34 may pivot slightly about the pivot point 341 as the skier leans forward to bend the boot.

As shown in fig. 12A and 12B, a portion of the shoe structure has been removed for clarity of the hardness adjustment assembly 40 therein. On each side (medial and lateral) of the outer boot, a channel 41 is formed at the rear end of the leg 34, a spring 42 is received in the channel, the lower end of the spring 42 is fixed to the lower end of the channel 41, and the upper end of the spring is fixed to a hardness adjustment wire 43, and the other end of the hardness adjustment wire 43 is fixed to a hardness adjustment mechanism in the heel (see fig. 13A and 13B), whereby upon forward tilting of the skier, the leg pivots slightly about pivot point 341, whereby the hardness adjustment wire 43 pulls the spring 42, the spring force of the spring 42 providing the forward tilting hardness or resilience to the outer boot (or ski boot including the inner boot).

As shown in fig. 13A and 13B, in the rear end of the sole 31, an accommodation space is formed in which a hardness adjustment mechanism including an adjustment block 44, a threaded rod 45, a guide rail 46 is accommodated, the adjustment block 44 is slidable along the guide rail 46, and the threaded rod 45 is screwed with the adjustment block 44, so that by rotating the threaded rod 45, the adjustment block 44 can be driven to move back and forth along the guide rail 46. The stiffness adjustment wire 43 is fixed to the adjustment block 44, or the stiffness adjustment wire 43 may bypass the adjustment block 44 and extend to the other side of the outer boot to connect to the upper end of the spring on the other side. An adjustment hole 47 is formed at the rear end of the shoe sole so that an adjustment wrench (a screwdriver or a hex wrench) can be inserted into the adjustment hole 47 to drive the threaded rod 45 to rotate, thereby moving the position of the adjustment block 44. The forward movement of the adjustment block 44 will pull the stiffness adjustment wire 43, thereby tensioning the spring 42, and the tensioned spring 42 will provide greater stiffness to the ski boot. The skier can adjust the prestress of the spring 42 according to his own needs, thereby adjusting the hardness of the ski boot according to his own needs.

Referring to fig. 14 and 15, fig. 14 and 15 illustrate one embodiment of an outer boot, and the outer boot illustrated in fig. 14 and 15 is substantially identical to the outer boot illustrated in fig. 8 to 13B, so that a description of the repetitive parts is omitted. The outer boot shown in fig. 14 and 15 is different in that a fixing post 311 is provided symmetrically inside and outside the front side of the sole 31 of the outer boot, and the fixing post 311 is used to cooperate with a corresponding structure on a snowboard to fix the front end of the snowshoe to the snowboard when skiing.

In addition, as shown in fig. 15, at the heel 323 of the outer boot, a catching structure including grooves 3231 and 3233 and a catching portion 3232 formed between the two grooves is symmetrically formed at both inner and outer sides, and when the snowshoe is caught in the holder, a claw (not shown) on the holder enters the groove 3231 and abuts against the catching portion 3232, whereby the snowshoe is firmly caught on the holder (snowboard) by means of engagement of the claw on the holder against the catching portion 3232 and the fixing post 311 with corresponding structure of the holder of the snowboard, respectively, to achieve skiing.

While the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention has been presented, various modifications and adaptations may be contemplated by those skilled in the art in view of the foregoing description. Therefore, the present invention should not be limited to the specific embodiments described above, but the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (27)

1. A snowboard boot comprising an inner boot and an outer boot, wherein: the outer boot comprising a vamp, a leg and a tongue, the leg being closed at the heel and open on the front side, and a locker being provided on the leg, the outer boot being capable of being placed in an open configuration in which the locker is released so that the tongue can be placed in a position in which it is forwardly open from the front side of the leg, thereby enabling the inner boot to be inserted into and removed from the outer boot; and in this closed configuration, the tongue engages the front side of the leg and the locker locks the tongue so that the outer boot is tightly wrapped around the outer side of the inner boot for snowboarding.

2. The snowboard boot of claim 1, wherein:

the locker includes a locking wire that is tightened by the locker in the closed configuration such that the locking wire is wound around the outer boot at a plurality of positions.

3. The snowboard boot of claim 2, wherein:

the plurality of wrapped positions includes a plurality of positions across the tongue.

4. A snowboard boot according to claim 2 or 3, wherein:

also included is a shield secured to the tongue, the shield being formed of a harder material than the tongue.

5. The snowboard boot of claim 4, wherein:

a gap is formed between the guard plate and the tongue, through which the locking wire passes.

6. The snowboard boot of any one of claims 1-5, wherein:

and the hardness adjusting assembly is used for adjusting the bending hardness of the outer boot.

7. The snowboard boot of claim 6, wherein:

the leg of the outer boot is pivotable relative to the upper upon bending, and the stiffness adjustment assembly adjusts the pivoting stiffness of the leg relative to the upper.

8. The snowboard boot of claim 7, wherein:

the stiffness adjustment assembly includes a spring whose prestress can be adjusted to adjust the bending stiffness of the entire bootie.

9. The snowboard boot of claim 8, wherein:

the hardness adjustment assembly further includes an adjustment block and an adjustment wire, and the spring is disposed in a channel at a rear end of the bootleg, one end of the adjustment wire is connected to the spring, and the other end is connected to the adjustment block, whereby movement of the adjustment block can adjust the prestress of the spring through the adjustment wire.

10. A snowboard boot according to claim 9, wherein the adjustment block is disposed within the receiving space on the rear side of the sole and includes a rail for guiding movement of the adjustment block and a threaded rod for driving movement of the adjustment block along the rail.

11. A snowboard boot as claimed in claim 10 wherein the rear end of the sole includes an adjustment aperture into which an adjustment tool may be inserted to rotate the threaded rod.

12. A snowboard boot as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the outer boot further comprises a catch mechanism to catch the boot including the outer boot on a binding.

13. A snowboard boot as claimed in claim 12, wherein the catch means comprises fixing studs formed respectively on the medial and lateral sides of the sole of the outer boot and catch portions formed on the medial and lateral sides of the heel.

14. A snowboard boot according to any one of claims 1-13, wherein the inner boot comprises a sole, a toe, an upper portion and a lace, one end of the lace being tied and secured to the upper portion proximate the toe, the other end of the lace being looped around a lace buckle, a small clasp and a large clasp provided on the upper portion and secured to the upper portion proximate the throat.

15. The snowboard boot of claim 14, wherein the location of the knot is adjustable to adjust the length of the entire lace.

16. A snowboard boot according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the shoelace buckle is saddle-shaped and is secured to the upper by means of a loop, and the shoelace buckle is provided with a protrusion on its outer surface and with a winding channel of arcuate cross-section on its inner side.

17. A snowboard boot as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 16 wherein the small locking clasp is button-shaped and comprises a base plate portion and a body portion, the body portion being provided with a winding slot at a substantially mid-thickness position, the winding slot having a wedge-shaped cross-section.

18. A snowboard boot as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 17 wherein the large locking clasp is of the form of a button comprising a base portion and a body portion extending from the base portion, the body portion comprising a base portion and a cover portion separated by a winding slot, a lace entry/exit passage being formed in the base portion on either side of the winding slot.

19. The snowboard boot of claim 18, wherein the winding slot of the large locking clasp has a wedge-shaped cross section.

20. A snowboard boot as claimed in claim 18 or 19, wherein the lace inlet/outlet passage is formed at both ends thereof as a wider outlet and inlet.

21. An inner boot which can be inserted into or withdrawn from an outer boot to construct a ski boot, the inner boot comprising a sole, a toe portion, an upper portion and a shoelace, one end of the shoelace being tied and secured to the upper portion at a position adjacent the toe portion, the other end of the shoelace being passed around a shoelace buckle, a small locking buckle and a large locking buckle provided on the upper portion and being secured to the upper portion at a position adjacent the throat.

22. The bootie of claim 20, wherein a position of said knot is adjustable to adjust a length of the entire lace.

23. The bootie according to claim 21 or 22, wherein said shoelace buckle is saddle-shaped and is fixed to the upper by means of a tab, and the external surface of the shoelace buckle is provided with a protrusion, and the inside thereof is provided with a winding passage of arcuate cross section.

24. A bootie according to any one of claims 21 to 23, wherein said small locking clasp is button-shaped, comprising a base portion and a body portion, said body portion being provided with a winding slot at a substantially intermediate position along the thickness, said winding slot having a wedge-shaped cross section.

25. A bootie according to any one of claims 21 to 24, wherein said large locking buckle is of a round buckle shape, comprising a bottom plate portion and a main body portion extending from the bottom plate portion, the main body portion comprising a bottom portion and a cover portion separated by a winding slot, a lace entry/exit passage being further formed at both sides of said bottom portion winding slot.

26. The bootie of claim 25, wherein said large locking clasp winding slot has a wedge-shaped cross section.

27. A bootie according to claim 25 or 26, wherein both ends of said lace inlet/outlet passage are formed as a wider outlet and inlet.

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