FR2810205A1 - SKI SHOE EQUIPPED WITH AN INTERIOR SHOE - Google Patents

Abstract

Ski boot in at least semi-rigid material fitted with a comfortable inner liner, characterized in that it has a length greater than that of the size of the foot for which it is intended. The difference in length is compensated, at the front, by a soft and elastic element (7) having the effect of protecting the end of the skier's foot against shocks due to sudden braking of the ski, in particular when receiving jumps.

Description

The subject of the invention is a ski boot made of at least semi-material

rigid fitted with a slipper

comfort interior.

  The quality and characteristics of the equipment have allowed experienced skiers to evolve towards a style with an increasingly sporty character. After skiing in bumpy fields, we saw more and more the practice of jumps. However, during the reception, after a jump, the skis are braked suddenly when they regain contact with the snow and under the effect of inertia, the skiers' feet are strongly pushed forward and tend to abut against the anterior end of the shoe. The shock on the toes, especially if repeated, can be

  painful. It is in any case unpleasant.

  The invention aims to maintain the comfort of the foot

  during jumps as described above.

  To this end, the shoe according to the invention is characterized in that it has a length greater than that of the size of the foot for which it is intended and in that this difference in length is compensated, at the front, by an element

tender and elastic.

  It is certainly known from patent CH 626 793 to provide an interior comfort liner with padding elements removably attached to the exterior face of the liner, but this only for the purpose of adapting the liner as best as possible to the shape of the foot, in other words to fill in the blanks. These relatively thin and not very elastic foams are not intended

function of ensuring comfort.

  According to one embodiment, the soft and elastic element constitutes the anterior end of the liner

comfort interior.

  According to another embodiment, the soft and elastic element is secured to a removable insole. According to another embodiment, the soft element and

  elastic constitutes the end of the shoe.

  These three modes of execution are represented, as

example, in the accompanying drawing.

  Figure 1 shows an inner comfort shoe

  with a soft and elastic end.

  Figure 2 shows a removable insole.

  FIG. 3 represents a ski boot, the front end of which is formed by a soft element

and elastic.

  The comfort boot shown in FIG. 1 is identical to the boot described in patent EP 0 370 948 with the exception of its end corresponding to the toe. This boot is in the form of a boot with a deep indentation 1 extending to the instep. This boot can be made of felt or synthetic material coated with a soft lining. At a point 2 located on the instep, inside the boot, is fixed a tongue 3 made of relatively hard and rigid synthetic material and thermoformed in the form of a horse saddle so as to

  adapt approximately to the shape of the instep.

  This tongue 3 is lined internally by a synthetic foam 4 which appears through two cutouts 5 and 6 of the tongue 3. The front end of this liner has an end piece 7 made of soft and elastic material such as synthetic foam or rubber foam having, in the longitudinal direction of the liner, that is to say of the

  shoe, a thickness of at most 1 cm.

  The end piece 7 can be housed inside the liner and fixed to the latter by gluing. It can also constitute an added element forming the end of the liner. In this case, it can be connected to the rest of the liner by means of an auxiliary envelope fixed by

sewing or gluing to the slipper.

  The embodiment shown in Figure 2 consists of an inner sole 8, either of the bottom of the liner, or of the shell bottom, removable, the front end of which carries a soft and elastic part 9 rising above of the sole 8. The part 9 is for example made of synthetic foam or foam rubber. Its thickness, in the sense

  longitudinal of the sole, is at most 1 cm.

  In the embodiment shown in Figure 3, the semi-rigid plastic of the shell 10 does not extend to the end of the foot. The end consists of a tip 11 of soft and elastic material 5 connected to the shell 10 according to a substantially vertical joint plane 12. End piece 11 is either attached

  on the shell after molding thereof, is formed by bi-injection.

Claims (6)

CLAIMS.   1. Ski boot made of at least semi-rigid material fitted with an inner comfort boot, characterized in that it has a length greater than that of the size of the foot for which it is intended and in that this difference in length is compensated, at the front, by an element tender and elastic (7; 9; 11).   2. Shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that the soft and elastic element (7) is located at the anterior end of the inner comfort liner. 3. Shoe according to claim 2, characterized in that the soft and elastic element (7) constitutes   the anterior end of the liner.   4. Shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that the soft and elastic element (9) is integral   a removable insole (8).   5. Shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that the soft and elastic element (11) constitutes the end of the shoe.   6. Shoe according to one of claims 1 to 5,   characterized in that the element has a thickness of at most 1 cm measured in the longitudinal direction of the shoe.