EP0777980B1 - Schuh mir Unterschenkelstütze - Google Patents

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EP0777980B1
EP0777980B1 EP96116917A EP96116917A EP0777980B1 EP 0777980 B1 EP0777980 B1 EP 0777980B1 EP 96116917 A EP96116917 A EP 96116917A EP 96116917 A EP96116917 A EP 96116917A EP 0777980 B1 EP0777980 B1 EP 0777980B1
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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
    • A43B5/0429—Adjustment of the boot to calf or shin, i.e. fibula, tibia
    • A43B5/0433—Adjustment of the boot to calf or shin, i.e. fibula, tibia to the width of calf or shin, i.e. fibula, tibia

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  • the present invention relates to a sports shoe, such as a ski boot, from skate to ice, inline skate or inline skate, etc ..., comprising a rod which surrounds the bottom of leg of the wearer and relates to an adjustable support plate over a portion of the entrance perimeter of said rod to support the lower leg.
  • the support plates are mainly intended, at the place of their fixing, to distribute the forces exerted between the relevant portion of the rod entry perimeter and the area in opposite the wearer's lower leg.
  • the plates also make it possible to perfect the adaptation of the upper of the shoe to the morphology of the bottom of leg of the wearer, to locally strengthen the rod, for example to direct certain forces in a preferential direction, or to increase or decrease the height of the support they provide at the bottom of the leg, for example to improve the perception of efforts by the wearer, and thus give the the latter can respond more quickly and more precisely to certain requests.
  • the support plates are, in themselves, independent of the upper of the shoe, and are thus easily adjustable in position on the wearer's lower leg.
  • the support plates which are designed according to an undifferentiated one-piece structure, with a single mounting direction, do not allow modulate the quality of support and / or support they provide, in flexibility or stiffness especially.
  • the support plates are, unlike the shoes mentioned above, fixed in an adjustable manner position on the rod. In this way, the wearer can pre-adjust as desired the relative position of the plate on the rod, and therefore that of the support it will give him on his lower leg.
  • the changing the position of the plate on the rod does not provide that an adaptation of the position of the support and / or reinforcement of the rod. Indeed, it does not allow not to modulate the quality of the support in flexibility and / or in stiffness that it provides to the area of the bottom of leg placed opposite. More specifically in the case of document EP 74 513, the support plate is planned flexible but this flexibility remains constant and cannot be modified or deleted.
  • This shoe has a shell surmounted by a rod, which is provided on its wall interior on a portion of its entrance perimeter of a support plate comprising two zones of different flexibility.
  • This support plate is angularly adjustable, using means ensuring its attachment to the rod, at least between two opposite positions, i.e. at 180 °, each corresponding to the implementation of one of its flexible zones.
  • the support plate is quadrangular and the differentiation of its flexible zones is obtained by attenuation cuts made in one of its sides. In such a shoe, it is therefore possible, unlike the shoes mentioned previously, to modulate the flexibility and / or the stiffness of the support provided by the plate by placing one either of these areas beyond the edge of the rod entry perimeter where it is fixed.
  • the support plate is rotatably mounted, more precisely rotatable on fixing means forming a pivot, which remain in the same place on the rod, it is not possible to adjust it, at the wearer's choice, vertically or laterally.
  • the fixing means constituting a rotary mounting of the plate the latter is not constantly and reliably maintained in the chosen angular position. Indeed, no means blocks it in rotation and it remains free to rotate on itself.
  • the present invention proposes to remedy the drawbacks of sports shoes which have just been exposed by providing a shoe in which the support plate is pre-adjustable and immobilizable in position on the rod, in height and / or laterally, as well as angularly on itself to be able to provide, for each preset position, at least two qualities of support and / or different support, flexibility, stiffness and / or cushioning.
  • the sports shoe has a shell surmounted by a rod, which is provided on its inner wall on a portion of its entrance perimeter of a support plate comprising at minus two zones of different flexibility, this plate being angularly adjustable using means ensuring its attachment to the rod, between at least two angular positions each corresponding to the implementation of at least one flexible zone, and is characterized in that the means for fixing the support plate are made up of at least two elements forming tenons with which a equal number of hollow parts such as holes.
  • the support plate can thus be immobilized in rotation for each of its adjustment positions relative to the rod, in height and laterally, and its angular adjustment is subject to the disengagement of said tenons from the holes, then to the re-engagement of the pins in the matching holes.
  • the plate fixing means include a number of holes greater than that of the tenon elements, and are spaced from each other by a distance of value "a" equal to that "a” separating said studs.
  • the backing plate can thus be adjusted in position to the "hole by hole” relative to the rod for as many positions as there are additional holes the studs, and this, in addition to its possible angular adjustment intended to provide at least two different support qualities.
  • the means for fixing the plate include parts hollow formed by oblong lights parallel to each other, and studs formed by cylindrical parts of diameter adjusted to the width of said slots.
  • the support plate can thus be set "continuously" relative to the rod as a function of the length of the oblong slots.
  • the oblong lights can be provided in various orientations relative to to the stem. So, for example, if you want to have a possibility of continuous adjustment in the direction from the height of the support plate, the oblong lights are provided oriented vertically. In in the case of a desired continuous adjustment in a direction transverse to the rod, the oblong slots are then provided oriented in the direction envisaged.
  • parts removable assembly such as screws, bolts, pins, etc ..., can be associated with fixing means.
  • the assembly parts are screws or bolts, and it is the cylindrical rod of these which constitute the elements forming tenons.
  • the different flexibility zones of the support plate are obtained by practicing in at least one of said zones of the weakening cuts. They are also obtained by setting work of at least two distinct materials, one being more flexible and / or more compressible than the other. Preferably, the zones of different flexibility are located on either side of the fixing means. of the backing plate.
  • the upper of the shoe fitted with the support plate can be of the collar-shaped type with cross flaps that overlap each other, or of the type with a front cover and a back cover.
  • FIGs 1 and 2 illustrate, in perspective views, sports shoes such as ski boots fitted with a support plate, FIG. 1 showing a boot of the type whose upper has a front cover and a rear cover, and Figure 2 a shoe whose upper is of the type collar with transverse closing flaps.
  • Figure 3 is a partial view of the flap of the upper of the shoe of Figure 2 which is equipped with the support plate using fixing means arranged according to one embodiment, and shows, in fine broken lines, different adjustment positions in position relative to the rod.
  • FIG. 4 represents the support plate of FIG. 3 in a second position for adjusting the the support where it is the most flexible zone which is implemented near the entrance perimeter of the rod.
  • Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a support plate having two zones of different flexibility obtained by the use of two distinct materials, and another embodiment of the means of fixing of said plate.
  • FIGS 7, 8 and 9 show different embodiments of the fixing means of the support plate and its flexible zones.
  • the shoe illustrated in FIG. 1 consists of a shell 1 surrounding the foot and the heel, of a sole 7, and a rod 2 of the type comprising a rear cover 3 and a front cover 4. Elements of closing and holding the known foot 5 are arranged on the rod 2 and on the shell 1.
  • the front covers 4 and rear 3 of the rod 2 are articulated around connecting pivots 6 on the shell 1 on each side of this in the zone corresponding approximately to that of the malleoli of the wearer.
  • the support plate 8 is fixed on a portion of the entrance perimeter of the rod 2 as on the inside of the front cover 4 to serve as support for the front part of the bottom of leg.
  • Fastening means 9 having elements 10 forming tenons, which are integral with the front cover 4 and which are spaced apart by a distance of value "a", cooperate with hollow parts 11 correspondents. These hollow parts are formed by oblong oriented lights vertically and spaced by a distance of value "a” identical to that separating the tenons 10.
  • the support plate 8 is thus locked in rotation when it is mounted on the tenons 10, but keeps a possibility of vertical displacement given by the orientation of the oblong lights 11, and limited by the length of said lights.
  • an additional pair of lights oblong 11 is made at a distance and parallel to the first pair of lights 11.
  • the support plate 8 is more or less centered with respect to the front part of the front cover 4, and offers, by way of Consequently, more or less lateral support at the lower leg.
  • the support plate 8 is made with two zones 18 and 19 of flexibility different.
  • attenuation cuts 19 ′ are obtained only in the border delimiting zone 19, which is thus made more flexible than zone 18.
  • the most flexible zone 19 is directed downwards under the front cover 4, and the least flexible zone 18 substantially exceeds the upper edge of said cover 4, that is to say that it extends above the entry perimeter of the rod 2.
  • the support provided at the bottom of leg is, in this case, firm support.
  • the ski boot has, as in the boot of FIG. 1, a shell 1 surrounding the foot and the heel and a sole 7, but the rod 12 is, this time, of the collar type which closes on its front part by overlapping flaps 14 and 14 '.
  • the outer flap 14 is obtained with two clamps 13 which are provided and / or subjected to the action of the clamping and closing elements 5.
  • the support plate 8 is fixed to the upper flange 13 by fixing means 9, similar to those described above with reference to the shoe of Figure 1, and is thus sandwiched between the flaps 14 and 14 '. By mounting, the plate 8 is automatically moved away from the anterior region of the rod 12 when the flap 14 is spread apart, as shown in phantom, in order to allow passage of the foot during footwear and / or heaving.
  • Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the different possibilities for adjusting the support plate 8 on the flap outside 14 of the upper 12 of the shoe.
  • the fixing means 9, constituted by the tenons 10 and the hollow parts 11, are located on the upper flange 13.
  • the tenons 10 are spaced a distance of value "a” and the oblong openings 11 are spaced apart by pair, with a distance of value "a” identical to that of the tenons 10.
  • the support plate 8 is provided, as explained with reference to FIG. 1, two zones 18 and 19 of different flexibility which are located on either side of the fixing means 9, and which can be implemented as desired by simply inverting the plate 8 at 180 °.
  • the plate 8 can still be moved and adjusted continuously in the vertical direction indicated by arrow 15 thanks to the length of the lights 11, and also laterally, as indicated by the arrow 16, in changing the pair of lights 11 which cooperates with the tenons 10.
  • Figure 4 when the plate 8 is turned 180 ° to place its area 19 most flexible beyond the upper edge of the flap 14, we also have the same possibilities adjustment in position relative to the flap 14, and therefore to the upper of the shoe.
  • the zones 29, 30, of different flexibility are determined not by attenuation cuts, but by the setting work of materials of different characteristics in flexibility, flexibility, and / or compressibility elastic, ... etc.
  • these zones 29, 30, of different flexibility can be arranged with asymmetrical with respect to the fixing means 59 of the plate 28.
  • the fixing means 59 include, as before, elements 50 forming tenons which are located on the rod of the shoe, not shown, with which hollow parts 51 cooperate, constituted in this case by cylindrical holes.
  • the pins 50 are spaced horizontally by a distance of value "a" corresponding to that of the holes 51.
  • tenons 50 of six in a proportion of three pairs arranged horizontally, and inside which the studs are distant from each other by a value "b", the central pair being shifted vertically with respect to the two others with a distance of value "b / 2".
  • the holes 51 are arranged in groups of three pairs in correspondence of tenons 50.
  • a seventh hole 51 is added to the pair of holes 51 which is central and is offset vertically at a distance of value "b".
  • FIGS 7, 8 and 9, which follow show alternative embodiments of the fixing means the support plate and / or its zones of differentiated flexibility.
  • the support plate 38 is provided with fixing means 59 constituted by a multitude of cylindrical holes 50 spaced from each other by a value "a", both horizontally and vertical, and two tenons 51 spaced from each other by a corresponding value "a”.
  • the support plate 38 is thus adjustable as before in a lateral-transverse direction relative to the rod 2, 12, and in a vertical direction for two positions for adjusting the quality of the support it provides by turning 180 ° on itself, but also for two other positions by angular mounting at 90 °. This arrangement is interesting if you want more than two positions of adjustment of the quality of the support provided by the plate 38, even if it has only two zones 48, 49, of differentiated flexibility.
  • the plate 38 is provided with a zone 48 not very flexible and a flexible zone 49
  • a firm support by placing zone 48 in protrusion of the upper edge of the rod 2-12, a more flexible support returning the plate 38 to 180 ° which places its zone 49 towards said edge of the rod, that is to say two additional flexibility supports "mixed” by placing the plate 38 at 90 ° relative to these previous positions, because a portion of each zone 48 and 49 then extends beyond said border on one side or the other depending on the direction of rotation of said plate relative to its initial mounting position.
  • FIG 8 there is shown an embodiment of fastening means 9 including the pins 10 are on the support plate 58, while the hollow parts 11 are formed in the wall of the rod 2-12.
  • the means for fixing the plate 68 are summarized simply two pins 10, located on the upper of the shoe, not shown, and three parts hollow 11 aligned and spaced from each other by a value "a" similar to that separating the tenons 10.
  • a a value similar to that separating the tenons 10.
  • the means for fixing the support plate can be constituted by elements other than studs, and in particular by the cylindrical rod of assembly parts known such as screws, bolts, pinned pins, etc., preferably removable, but may nevertheless consist of parts which can be dismantled by destruction and which are replaced at the demand such as rivets.
  • the support plate have at least two flexibility zones different, but it can be obtained with an elastically compressible part.
  • the support plate is not limited to its use on the front part of the rod of the shoe, but can be attached anywhere near the edge of the entrance perimeter of said shoe rod, whether at the back and / or on the sides.

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  1. Sportschuh, der eine Schale (1) aufweist, auf die ein Schaft (2, 12) montiert ist, der auf seiner inneren Wand in der Nähe seines Eingangsperimeters mit einer Abstützplatte (8, 28, 38, 58, 68) versehen ist, die zwei Bereiche (18-19, 29-30, 48-49) mit unterschiedlicher Flexibilität aufweist, wobei der Winkel dieser Abstützplatte (8, 28, 38, 58, 68) mit Hilfe von Einrichtungen (9, 59) einstellbar ist, die ihre Befestigung auf dem Schaft (2, 12) zwischen zumindest zwei Winkelpositionen gewährleistet, die sich um 180° gegenüber liegen, wobei jede der Ausführung zumindest eines der flexiblen Bereiche (18-19, 29-30, 48-49) entspricht, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Befestigungseinrichtungen (9, 59) der Abstützplatte (8, 28, 38, 58, 68) aus zumindest zwei Elementen (10, 51) gebildet sind, die Zapfen bilden, mit denen eine gleiche Anzahl von hohlen Teilen (11, 50) zusammenwirken, wie z.B. Löcher, wobei die Abstützplatte daher gegenüber Rotation blockiert ist und wobei ihre winkelige Einstellung einer Freigabe der Zapfen (10, 51) von den Löchern untergeordnet ist und dann dem Wiedereingreifen der Zapfen (10, 51) in den hohlen Teilen (11, 50), die in Entsprechung gebracht worden sind.
  2. Sportschuh gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die hohlen Teile (11, 50) in einer größeren Anzahl als die Elemente, die die Zapfen (10, 51) bilden, vorhanden sind und voneinander um einen Abstand mit einem Wert (a) beabstandet sind, der gleich demjenigen ist, der die Zapfen trennt, wobei die Abstützplatte (8, 28, 38, 68) so "Loch um Loch" relativ zu dem Schaft (2, 12) zusätzlich zu ihrer winkeligen Einstellung eingestellt werden kann.
  3. Sportschuh gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die hohlen Teile (11) durch längliche Langlöcher gebildet sind, die zueinander parallel sind, und die Zapfen (19) durch zylindrische Teile mit einem Durchmesser gebildet sind, der auf die Länge der Langlöcher eingestellt ist, wobei die Abstützplatte (8) daher "kontinuierlich" relativ zu dem Schaft (2) in Abhängigkeit von der Länge der länglichen Langlöcher (11) eingestellt werden kann.
  4. Sportschuh gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Elemente, die die Zapfen (10, 51) bilden, durch den zylindrischen Schaft aus entfernbaren Montagetcilen gebildet sind.
  5. Sportschuh gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Bereiche (18, 19) mit unterschiedlicher Flexibilität der Abstützplatte durch Schwächungseinschnitte (19) in zumindest einem (19) der Bereiche (18, 19) realisiert sind.
  6. Sportschuh gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Bereiche (29-30, 48-49) mit unterschiedlicher Flexibilität der Abstützplatte (28, 48, 58, 68) durch die Verwendung von zumindest zwei unterschiedlichen Materialien bestimmt sind, wobei eines flexibler als das andere ist.
  7. Sportschuh gemäß Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das flexibelste Material auch elastisch komprimierbar ist.
  8. Sportschuh gemäß einem der Ansprüche 5 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es zwei Bereiche (18-19, 29-30, 48-49) mit unterschiedlicher Flexibilität gibt und daß sie sich im wesentlichen beidseitig der Befestigungseinrichtung (9, 59) der Abstützplatte (8, 28, 38, 58) befinden.
  9. Sportschuh gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schaft (12) des Schuhes in Form eines Kragens ist, der durch transversale Umschläge (14, 14') verschlossen wird, die sich überlappen, und dadurch, daß die Abstützplatte (8) auf zumindest einem (14) seiner Umschläge (14, 14') befestigt ist.
  10. Sportschuh gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schaft (2) des Schuhes eine vordere Haube (4) und eine hintere Haube (5) aufweist, die untereinander mit Hilfe einer Verschlußvorrichtung (5) montierbar sind, und daß die Abstützplatte (8) auf zumindest einer (4) der Hauben (4, 5) befestigt ist.
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