WO2012004162A1

WO2012004162A1 - Boot, especially ski or snowboard boot

Info

Publication number: WO2012004162A1
Application number: PCT/EP2011/060837
Authority: WO
Inventors: Harald Wagner
Original assignee: Deeluxe Sportartikel Handels Gmbh
Priority date: 2010-07-05
Filing date: 2011-06-28
Publication date: 2012-01-12
Also published as: DE102010017723A1; EP2590528B1; JP6019018B2; US20130205623A1; EP2590528A1; JP2013533778A

Abstract

The invention relates to a boot (10), especially a ski or snowboard boot, consisting of a shell (20) which encloses a foot and at least part of the lower leg of a user, and a shell tongue (2) attached to the shell (20) as well as a sock-type lining (1) having a tongue (30), the sock-type lining (1) being accommodated in the shell (20) and extending over 20% to 80% of a height of the shell (20), preferably up to approximately half the height of the shell (20), while the tongue (30) extends over 80% to 130% of the height of the shell (20), preferably up to approximately 110% of the total height of the shell (20).

Description

Boots, in particular ski or snowboard boots

description

The invention relates to a boot, in particular ski or snowboard boots according to the preamble of patent claim 1,

Boots, and in particular ski and snowboard boots have long been known and usually consist of an outer and an inner shoe, wherein a foot of a user is arranged in the inner shoe and enclosed by this, while the inner shoe in turn in the outer shoe, which usually represents a stabilizing sheath for the inner shoe, is arranged, wherein the inner shoe is completely surrounded for the most part by the outer shoe.

Such boots have numerous drawbacks, which consist on the one hand in the high weight of this interior / exterior shoe construction. In addition, it is often necessary that both the inner and the outer shoe separately laced and must be opened to leave the shoe. Incidentally, there is always a risk that accumulates moisture between inner and outer shoe in a boot of the aforementioned construction, so that the inner shoe must be removed from the outer shoe to allow drying, which in turn requires a lot of space, as well as the outer shoes of course also the inner shoes need footprint. In order to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, therefore, a one-piece boot construction has been used in the past, in which only a shoe was provided, which immediately enclosed the foot of a user. This one-piece boot construction has numerous advantages, such as a reduced sole length, easier handling of the boot and, in the case of a ski or snowboard boot, more direct board feel. However, an important disadvantage of this one-piece boot design is that the boot is very soft compared to a "normal" boot with an aforementioned innerboot outer shoe construction, especially in the "flex", ie especially in the heel-ankle tibia area, which is a high flexibility in the shoe and a concomitant poor leadership of a ski or snowboard has the consequence.

The object of the invention is to solve the aforementioned problems while maintaining a one-piece boot construction and to provide a boot available, which rests comfortably on the foot and splint / fibula of a user in addition to ease of use and the user a good fixation, a tunable Hardness and thus optimal guidance, especially for a ski or a snowboard offers. This object is achieved by a boot, in particular ski or snowboard boot according to claim 1.

In particular, the object is achieved by a boot, in particular ski or snowboard boot, consisting of a shell which encloses a foot and at least part of a user's lower leg, and a shell tongue attached to the shell and a sock-like lining with tongue, wherein the sock-like Lining is arranged in the shell and extends over a proportion of 20% to 80% of a height of the sheep, preferably up to about half the height of the shell, while the tongue up over a proportion of 80% to 130% of the height the shell, preferably to about 110% of the total height of the shell extends.

An essential point of the invention is that the boot comprises a shell which is provided with a sock-like lining which does not extend over the entire height of the boot or the shell, but only over a proportion of 20% to 80% %, so that the foot of a user is substantially completely, that is enclosed at least to the ankle area of the sock-like lining and thus finds an optimized grip in the boot, while the tongue attached to the sock-like liner extends over substantially the entire height of the boot, or shell, and thus, on the one hand, a forefoot of a user with a lower portion of the skull, and the instep with a central portion of the shell tongue and a user's tibia supported in an optimized manner with the upper portion of the shell tongue and fixed in this way in the boot according to the invention. In this way, the foot of a user, especially in the heel area, which is particularly important for a stable fixation of a user's foot in a boot, finds an optimized grip while, depending on the height of the sock-like lining of the user's ankle and lower leg area, a great mobility while having optimized comfort and fit. Through the tongue, which extends beyond the sock-like lining out in the direction of the skew table, is simultaneously ensured in accordance with the invention advantageously that the "Fiex" of the shoe depending on the desired application can be kept relatively hard and yet comfortable, so that an optimized ski It should be noted at this point that the hardness of the boot, or its "flex", can be adjusted by means of the scarf tongue, which optionally has reinforcements and otherwise detachably and exchangeably on the shell according to a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention is appropriate.

In this way, by changing the shell tongue not only the hardness or the "flex" of the boot can be varied, but also the scope of the boot, as it can be optimized with a harder tongue, for example, for normal Skorfer snowboarding, while an even harder Tongue is suitable for adapting the boot according to the invention to areas of application which require even more precise guidance, for example in a trick ski, the boot also being suitable as a comfortable boot, for example for walking, by exchanging a hard tongue for a soft to very soft tongue According to a further particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the sock-like lining is firmly connected to the shell and in particular glued to it, so that penetration of moisture between the shell and the lining is not possible It is also easier to handle the shoe with the shell, since it is ensured that the sock-like lining is always arranged correctly and accurately in the boot when the boot according to the invention is worn or removed. Another important point of the invention is also that at least part of the tongue, namely that part whose height exceeds the height of the sock-like lining, is independent of the shell tongue movable, that is not connected to the shell tongue or glued. In this way, it is thus ensured on the one hand that the shell tongue is easily interchangeable according to the above statements. Furthermore, by the independent mobility of the tongue and the Schaienzunge an even easier entry and exit into and out of the boot according to the invention allows because the harder Schaienzunge can be folded far forward, while the soft and flexible tongue, which on the sockenähniichen Attached lining, for example, sewn or integrally formed with this, individually moved and can be applied to the foot, respectively the tibia.

It should also be noted that the tongue according to another embodiment of the invention has a greater height and width dimension than the shell tongue, so that the tongue of a user's leg completely covers the outer shell tongue and ensures comfortable wearing.

Moreover, the sock-like lining is seamless, which also improves the comfort of the boot according to the invention again.

Furthermore, the sock-like lining preferably has a substantially watertight membrane, for example a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE or Teflon) water-impermeable but vapor-permeable membrane. By this inventively usable membrane boot of the invention can be made waterproof.

Further embodiments of the invention will become apparent from the dependent claims. The invention will be described with reference to an embodiment which is explained in more detail with reference to the figures. Hereby show:

Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a boot according to the invention; and FIG. 2 shows the components of the skewing ice according to the invention in a single representation.

In the following description, the same reference numerals are used for the same and like parts. 1 shows a boot 10 according to the invention, which has a shell 20 into which a sock-like lining 1 is inserted. The sock-like lining extends over substantially half the height of the boot 10 or the shell 20. In addition, the sock-like lining has 1 a tongue 30, which extends beyond the height of the sock-like food addition to about 110% of the boot height. The boot 10 of FIG. 1 is shown in the closed state, in which a shell tongue 2 bears against the tongue 30, it being well recognized that the height and width dimensions of the tongue 30 are greater than those of the shell tongue 2, so that the leg a user with a closed boot only with the tongue 30, but not with the shell tongue 2 comes into contact, which ensures a high level of comfort, even with a hard shell tongue.

2 shows the essential components of the boot according to the invention in a single representation, with a sock-like lining 1 having a tongue 30. In the finished state of the boot this sockenähniiche lining 1 is firmly bonded to the shell 20. In addition, Fig. 2 shows a shell tongue which is inventively detachable from the shell and, if desired, also interchangeable. Thus, the gist of the invention can be summarized as follows. In the double-tongue construction boot of the present invention, a sock-like liner having an integral tongue is adhered to the shell. As a result, the entry opening is closed by the sock-like liner construction and forms an inner tongue that extends substantially to the shaft end of the inventive profiled ice. This tongue is substantially completely obscured by an outer tongue fixed to the shell, namely the aforementioned shell tongue,

This results in addition to other, in particular the following three decisive advantages for the boot construction according to the invention:

1, better performance due to a harder and variable tuning of the shell tongue;

2, better comfort and optimized fit through the inner tongue / sock construction; and

3. the possibility of a waterproof bootie construction, wherein the sock-like liner, ie the sockenähniiche insert is designed waterproof. The comfort and fit are significantly improved compared to the normal one-piece boot construction by the seamless sock construction that surrounds the foot. In addition, the inner tongue and sock construction completely conceals the outer tongue. This decisive improvement in comfort can increase the boat's hardness over the outer tongue. As a result, the performance of classified as very soft one-piece boot construction can be significantly improved. That is, the construction allows the one-piece boot construction to achieve the same performance as a normal, ie, outer shell / inner shell boot construction. In addition, the boot can be waterproofed by the sock construction using a membrane.

It should be noted at this point that all of the parts described above, taken alone and in any combination, in particular the details shown in the drawings, are claimed to be essential to the invention. Variations thereof are familiar to the person skilled in the art.

LIST OF REFERENCES 1 sock-like lining

2 shell tongue

10 boots

20 bowl

30 tongue

Claims

claims

1. boot (10), in particular ski or snowboard boots, consisting of a shell (20) which surrounds a foot and at least a portion of a user's lower leg, and one on the shell (20) attached shell tongue (2) and a sock-like Lining (1) with tongue (30), wherein the sock-like lining (1) in the shell (20) is arranged and up over a proportion of 20% to 80% of a height of the shell (20), preferably to about the half the height of the shell (20) extends while the tongue (30) extends over an amount of 80% to 130% of the height of the shell (20), preferably to about 110% of the total height of the shell (20).

2. Boot according to claim 1,

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the sock-like lining (1) firmly connected to the shell (20), in particular glued.

3. Boot according to one of the preceding claims,

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at least a part of the tongue (30) whose height exceeds the height of the sock-like lining (1) is movable independently of the shell tongue (2).

4. Boot according to one of the preceding claims,

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the tongue (30) has a greater height and width dimension than the sighting tongue (2),

5. Boot according to one of the preceding claims,

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the sock-like lining (1) is seamless. Boot according to one of the preceding claims,

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the sock-like lining (1) has a substantially waterproof membrane, for example a membrane made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), which is water-impermeable but may be open to vapor diffusion.

Boots according to any preceding claim,

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a hardness of the boot (10) by means of, possibly reinforcements having, shell tongue (2) is adjustable.

Boots according to any preceding claim,

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the shell tongue (2) is releasably and replaceably attached to the shell (20).