DE6751308U - PROTECTIVE CUFFS TO PROTECT THE SHIN AGAINST PRESSURE IN THE AREA OF THE SHAFT ON MOUNTAIN BOOTS, IN PARTICULAR SKI BOOTS - Google Patents

Description

Applicant: Ludwigshafen a.Rh., March 30, 1963

Edmund Keller GM 1588 Έ3

Ludwigshafen a.Rh.

Wredestrasse 10

Representative:

Patent attorney

Dipl.-Ing. -Adolf H. Fischer

Ludwigshafen a.Rh.

Richard-Viagner-Strasse 22

Protective sleeve to protect the Shin against pressure in the area of the shaft of mountain boots, especially ski boots

The invention relates to a protective sleeve to protect the shin against pressure in the area of the shaft of mountain boots, especially ski boots and consists in the fact that a conical, the shape of the leg adapted cuff Made of plastic, plexiglass, metal or the like. Is provided on the outside or inside of the leg has a continuous slot, the inner surface of the sleeve with a soft plastic layer is lined and that the cuff from the instep to a few centimeters above the shaft end the shoe is enough.

After one? invention items. Proposal goes like this suggested that the cuff ira at its upper end

The area of the anterior tibia and calf has elevations, while the cuff 'on its lower end in the area of the ankle and the.

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Hiking boots, in particular ski boots, have a relatively high shaft, which surrounds a portion of the tibia, the shaft to reduce the injury ■ '' \ danger in sports, very rigid design. ·, · | J and tightly encloses the shin. Ss has now £}}

shown that the shaft of such ski boots ' {[

^ causes uncomfortable pressure injuries, especially ¹ - · " i \

when the person wearing such a shoe is not used to it.

The protective sleeve according to the invention is now the The task is based on such pressure injuries, such as blistering, abrasions and the like. to be avoided and is worn inside the shoe, the cuff advantageously around some Centimeters above the shaft end of the shoe. In that the protective sleeve acts as a kind of clamp is designed, only very few sizes are necessary, since the cuff is within larger limits adapts to the thickness of the leg.

The purpose and effect of the cuff is to reduce the pressure distribution from an area on the Shin from approx. 2 cm high to now approx. 15 cm high he follows. This results in a complete absorption of the unpleasant pressure by appropriate padding the cuff on the inside.

Further features of the invention emerge from the following description of exemplary embodiments in connection with the drawing and the claims.

It shows, in scfoeraatisehen sketches,

Figure 1 shows the protective cuff according to the invention in graphical representation,

Figure 2 the Schutzmans nice in their execution,

Figure 3 shows another embodiment of a protective sleeve according to Figure 2 and

FIG. 4 the protective sleeve arranged on the leg.

The Schutzoanschette 1 is a conical shape adapted to the Fora of the leg 2, "wherein their diameter is larger at the upper end than the lower end. It is the Scnutzmartschette Ic3 a-mmpTv ayih ΐ g formed ^, f by having a through slit 3, the J

& ξ 3θ3.η 2 & ϊί ^ or outside ^ es Seisss "2 is angsvrasst. The protective cuff can also be provided with an overlapping slot, as far as this appears appropriate for particularly sensitive feet. The cuff 1 consists of an elastic plastic, made of Plexiglas, Metal or the like and has a soft plastic layer 4 on its inner edge surface, which extends over the upper and lower edge 5, δ of the cuff 1.

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FIG. 2 shows the cuff 1 in its development, the resulting area being trapezoidal is trained. However, as shown in Figure 3, the upper edge 5 in the area of the front tibia and calf provided with elevations 7 and on the lower edge 6 of the cuff 1 ia The ankle and instep area can be seen Provide recesses 8.

FIG. 4 shows the cuff 1, arranged on the leg 2 _; which is arranged within the upper of the shoe and begins with its lower end approximately at the ankle 9 and extends a few centimeters above the shadow end of the shoe. The height of the protective cuff depends on the height of the upper of the shoe and can be approximately 12 to 20 cm, whereby the part of the cuff 1 that extends over the upper end of the shoe can be approximately 3 to 6 cm.

Claims (2)

Claims for protection 1) Protective sleeve to protect the shin against Pressure in the area of the upper in mountain boots ", in particular" in ski boots, characterized in that that a conical, the shape of the leg (2) Adapted sleeve (1) made of plastic, plexiglass, metal or the like. Is provided on the outside or inside of the Leg (2) has a continuous slot (3), • wherein the inner surface of the sleeve (1) is lined with a soft plastic layer (4), and that the cuff (1) from the instep "to a few centimeters above the end of the shoe enough" 2) protective sleeve according to claim 1, characterized in that the sleeve (1) at its upper end in the Area of the anterior tibia and calf has elevations (7), while the cuff (1) has recesses (8) at its lower end in the area of the ankle (9) and the instep.