EP0286586B1 - Chaussure de ski - Google Patents

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EP0286586B1
EP0286586B1 EP88810161A EP88810161A EP0286586B1 EP 0286586 B1 EP0286586 B1 EP 0286586B1 EP 88810161 A EP88810161 A EP 88810161A EP 88810161 A EP88810161 A EP 88810161A EP 0286586 B1 EP0286586 B1 EP 0286586B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
    • A43B5/0427—Ski or like boots characterised by type or construction details
    • A43B5/0452—Adjustment of the forward inclination of the boot leg
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
    • A43B5/0427—Ski or like boots characterised by type or construction details
    • A43B5/0452—Adjustment of the forward inclination of the boot leg
    • A43B5/0454—Adjustment of the forward inclination of the boot leg including flex control; Dampening means
    • A43B5/0456—Adjustment of the forward inclination of the boot leg including flex control; Dampening means with the actuator being disposed at the rear side of the boot
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
    • A43B5/0427—Ski or like boots characterised by type or construction details
    • A43B5/0478—Mid-entry skiboots, hybrid skiboots

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  • the present invention relates to a ski boot consisting of a lower part comprising the sole and the upper and surrounding the heel and of a rod, in one or two parts, articulated on the lower part at two opposite points coinciding with the less approximately with the articulation of the foot of the user and whose posterior part has a rounded notch between its points of articulation allowing a large tilting back of this part, the region discovered by said notch being occupied by a cover articulated on the lower part of the shoe so that it can tip back and that it is driven by the rear part of the upper when the upper is closed.
  • Shoes of the first type known as footwear from above, include a one-piece upper closing at the front, as described, for example in patent CH-A-549,970.
  • Shoes of the second type known as rear boot, include a rod formed by a front part and a rear part which fits into the front part to surround the skier's foot and which can be folded back for the boot, as described, for example , in patent FR-A-2 428 413.
  • the rear part of the upper can tilt back, because its axis of articulation, coincident with the axis of articulation of the upper is located below the articulation of the skier's foot.
  • Such an articulation of the upper is not adequate when skiing since it does not correspond to the natural articulation of the foot and generates pressure on the heel during forward bending.
  • the distance between the articulation of the upper of the boot and the articulation of the skier's foot also produces, during the flexion of the leg, a linear contact zone around the tibial support of the leg.
  • a shoe comprising a upper consisting of a part front connected to the front of the shoe by a tie and a rear part having a wide notch allowing a large tilting back of this part when the upper is opened, tilting which facilitates the fitting.
  • the space uncovered by the notch in the closed position of the upper is occupied by a cover articulated by its lower edge to the shell just above the heel and having a flexible upper part.
  • this cover is applied, by its flexible part, against the leg by the rear part of the rod.
  • the tie rod is necessary to keep the upper of the boot slightly tilted forward for skiing. This position is adequate for skiing but inadequate for rest or walking.
  • this tie rod is heavy, unattractive and exposed to shocks.
  • the invention aims to allow the upper of the shoe not only to straighten in the free position, but also to tilt backward at a relatively large angle, while being articulated around an axis coinciding with the joint. of the skier's foot.
  • the cover locking means can be of the type described in patent EP-A-0 086 908. It is possible to provide a rigid connecting member, of adjustable length, between the cover and the rear part of the rod making it possible to adjust the inclination of the rod, as defined in the dependent claims.
  • the tilting cover can also be advantageously used for attaching the end of cables of traction for tightening the front part of the shoe.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the boot in the closed position and the tilting hood locked.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same shoe in the open position, rod and cover tilted back.
  • Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the boot in the closed position and the hood locked.
  • Figure 4 shows, in section, the same shoe in the open position, rod and hood tilted back.
  • Figure 5 shows the inner liner in the closed position.
  • Figure 6 shows the same liner in the open position.
  • the shoe shown in the drawing is made of semi-rigid molded synthetic material. It consists of a lower part 1 comprising the sole 2, the upper 3 and a rear part surrounding the heel and extended above the heel in the form of a half-upper, better visible in FIG. 3. L 'upper 3 has two superimposed ears allowing the clamping of the foot by means of two traction cables 5 and 6.
  • On this lower part 1 is articulated a rod 7 around two opposite rivets 8 and 9 ( Figure 3) located such so that they are in front of the natural articulation of the foot, i.e. the malleolus.
  • the rod 7 is in one part, but it could also be made up of two parts, either an anterior part to a posterior part.
  • the upper 7 closes at the front by means of a flap and two loops 10 and 11 which hook onto tensioning levers 12 and 13.
  • the shoe also includes an inner boot 14 shown only in FIG. 1.
  • the rod 7 At its lower posterior edge, the rod 7 has a wide rounded notch 15 which extends approximately between its two points of articulation 8 and 9. As will be seen later, this notch 15 allows the rod 7 to tilt very far behind, unlike uppers of this type known whose lower front edge abuts very quickly against the lower part of the shoe. In the closed position of the boot, as shown in FIG.
  • this notch 15 is covered by a cover 16 in the form of a stirrup articulated on the lower part 1 of the boot, on each side thereof, at two points opposite 17 and 18 located below the rod 7, by means of rivets, like the rod 7.
  • This cover 16 is connected to the rod 7 by a rigid connecting member 19 articulated by its ends on each of the parts 7 and 16
  • This connecting member 19 is constituted by a metal rod having two threaded parts with opposite pitches 20 and 21 extending on each side of a knurled chicken 22 and screwing into two cylinders 23 and 24 articulated respectively on the rod 7 and on the cover 16.
  • the cover 16 also has a locking device by a rocker 25 articulated in a notch of the cover 16, around an axis 26 and the end of the lower arm 27 of which abuts against a stop constituted by a bearing 28 formed on the lower part of the shoe, thereby preventing the cover 16 from tilting backward, that is to say by maintaining the rod 7 in the advanced position for skiing.
  • the rocker 25 is held in this position by a spring 29 ( Figure 3) working in compression between the upper arm of the rocker 25 and the bottom of a housing formed in the cover 16.
  • the rocker 25 has a hollow visible in the figure 3 for actuation by a ski pole.
  • the rod 7 can tilt far back with the cover 16, the latter being able to tilt up to the sole due to the position of its articulation points 17 and 18 located well below the articulation points of the rod 7. It should be emphasized that the non-anatomical articulation of the cover 16 has no influence on the movement of the rod 7, which on the other hand is adapted to the anatomy of the foot.
  • the cables 5 and 6, used for tightening the foot are guided in passages of the sole and are connected to the tilting cover 16 on spans from which come use knurled nuts 30 and 31 to adjust the active length of cables 5 and 6.
  • the foot is automatically tightened when the skier bends the leg forward and the tilting hood 16 is locked on the part bottom of the shoe.
  • the tension on the cables 5 and 6 is largely relaxed, this relaxation being equal to the tilting height of the cover 16.
  • the lower part 1 of the shoe has a half-upper, the rear part 32 of which is separated from the front part 33 by two lateral notches 34 extending obliquely in the rear part 32 by two oblique slots opposite 35 each opening into two oblong cutouts 36 extending parallel along the back of the shoe.
  • the back of the shoe therefore has a certain flexibility allowing the rear part 32 of the half-rod to flex backwards, as shown in FIG. 4, when the shoe is in the open position. This tilting can be done either under the pressure of the pin, or by driving through the rod 7. In this case, a sliding connection will be provided between the rod 7 and the part 32.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 the passage of the cables 5 and 6 at the rear of the shoe is carried out in a slightly different manner from that shown in FIGS. 1 and 2; the cables no longer extend vertically from the tilting cover 16 but obliquely, which reduces the relaxation length of the cables, but also greatly reduces the curvature of the cable at the point of change of direction and consequently the friction.
  • the shoe can be wide open for putting on and taking off. Despite the notch 15 of the upper, the sealing of the shoe is ensured by the half-rod 32 and the tilting cover 16 which not only covers the notch 15, but also the slots 35 in their lower part.
  • the means according to the invention are of course also applicable to a shoe with a rigid shell bottom comprising means for diagonally tightening the heel comprising a pressure-distributing element situated in the region of the instep, between the shell and the liner interior.
  • the inner boot 14 is shown alone in Figures 5 and 6. It is of the same type as the boot described in US Patents 3,977,098 and 4,523,392, with specific modifications for its use in a shoe of the type described above.
  • This boot includes an upper part or upper 40 articulated on a lower part 41 around an axis 42.
  • This upper part 40 is provided with a pocket 43 open downward and in which is engaged the rear part 32 of the half shoe upper.
  • the upper edge of this part 40 of the liner is provided with a flexible part 44 which covers the upper edge of the upper 7 of the shoe so that the liner 14 remains perfectly integral with the upper 7 of the shoe when the latter is open.
  • the flexible part 44 of the liner is further provided with a fastener 45 with Velcro type fastening (registered trademark).
  • the tongue 46 of the liner is fixed in a conventional manner.

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EP88810161A 1987-04-09 1988-03-16 Chaussure de ski Expired - Lifetime EP0286586B1 (fr)

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AT88810161T ATE86447T1 (de) 1987-04-09 1988-03-16 Schischuh.

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US07/036,268 US4839973A (en) 1987-04-09 1987-04-09 Ski boot
US36268 1987-04-09

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EP0286586A3 EP0286586A3 (en) 1990-07-18
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EP (1) EP0286586B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (1) JPS63257502A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AT (1) ATE86447T1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA1335755C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
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JPH0568961B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1993-09-30
EP0286586A3 (en) 1990-07-18
JPS63257502A (ja) 1988-10-25
DE3878961D1 (de) 1993-04-15
US4839973A (en) 1989-06-20
CA1335755C (en) 1995-06-06
EP0286586A2 (fr) 1988-10-12

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