EP0259721A2
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Ski boot
Assignee: Nordica SpA
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Filing: 1987-08-28
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-08-28
Abstract
Abstract Ski boot (1, 101, 201) composed of at least one front quarter (4, 104, 204, 304) connected to a shell (2, 102, 202) wherein a substantially transverse slot (12, 112, 212, 302) is provided on the upper portion of the front quarter and is provided with means (18, 121, 301) for determining the inclination of the front quarter, said means acting by varying the working span of the slot and therefore the degree of deformability of the quarter at that point.
Inventors
- 👤 Valerio Tonel
- 👤 Mario Mattiuzzo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 02:00
CPC Classifications
A; A43; A43B; A43B5/00; A43B5/04; A43B5/0427; A43B5/0452; A43B5/048
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
Ski boot (1, 101, 201) comprising at least one front quarter (4, 104, 204, 304) connected to a shell (2, 102, 202), characterized in that it comprises at least one slot (12, 112, 212, 302) provided on said front quarter proximate to its upper end, and means (18,121,301) adapted for determining the inclination of said quarter with respect to said shell and for defining the working span of said slot, said working span determining the degree of deformability of said front quarter at said slot.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
Ski boot (1, 101, 201) comprising at least one front quarter (4, 104, 204, 304) connected to a shell (2, 102, 202), characterized in that it comprises at least one slot (12, 112, 212, 302) provided on said front quarter proximate to its upper end, and means (18,121,301) adapted for determining the inclination of said quarter with respect to said shell and for defining the working span of said slot, said working span determining the degree of deformability of said front quarter at said slot.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
Boot according to claim 1, characterized in that said front quarter (4, 104) consists of a first spoiler (5), articulated to said shell (2, 102), and of a second spoiler (6,106), embracing and associated with said first spoiler at, and laterally to, the upper end (7) of said first spoiler.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
Boot according to claim 2, characterized in that said first spoiler (5) is provided, at its front region (8), with an opening (9) adapted to allow the tibia to interact with said second spoiler (6, 106).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
Boot according to claim 3, characterized in that said second spoiler (6, 106) rests on an adapted planar surface (10) which is provided on said first spoiler (5) and protrudes from said front region (8) in the direction of the tip (11) of the boot (1, 101).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
85 words
Boot according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said slot (12, 112) is provided on said second spoiler (6, 106) and affects both the front wall (13) and the lateral walls (14, 15, 114, 115) thereof, at said lateral walls (14, 15, 114, 115) said slot (12, 112) being inclined by an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of said shell (2, 102), at said front wall (13) said slot being instead arranged approximately transverse with respect thereto.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
70 words
Boot according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said means for determining the inclination comprise a threaded stem (16) which is slideable in a seat (17) provided on the lower border (19) of siad slot (12) in said second spoiler (6), said threaded stem (16) being movable with respect to said lower border (19) and perpendicular to the upper border (19) of said slot (12).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
Boot according to claim 6, characterized in that said threaded stem (16) is provided with an end which protrudes at the span of said slot (12), said end being rigidly associated with a small plate (18) parallel to, and interacting with, said upper border (19) of said slot (12).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
Boot according to claims 6, or 7, characterized in that said threaded stem (16) is rotatably associated with a complementarily threaded ring (20) accommodated in an adapted seat provided on said second spoiler (6) at said lower border (19), said ring (20) being at least partially outwardly protruding for manual operation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
Boot according to claim 2, characterized in that said second spoiler (6, 106) is made of materials having different elastic characteristics with respect to the materials used for said spoiler (5).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
Boot according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said inclination determining means consist of one or more sliders (121) slideably associated with said slot (112).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
75 words
Boot according to claim 1, characterized in that said front quarter (204) is made monolithically, on said front quarter (204) there being provided, proximate to its upper portion (207), a slot (212) arranged on the front part of said upper portion, approximately transversely with respect to said shell (202) and, at the lateral walls (214, 215) of said quarter (204), inclined by an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of said shell (202).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
101 words
Boot according to claim 1, characterized in that siad inclination determining means comprise a small block (301) which is slideably associated with a first border of said slot (302), said small block being provided with a counter-border interacting with a second border (302a) of said slot, said slot being configured so that the distance between said counter-border or said block and said second border of said slot, when said block is at a first end (A) of said slot, is equal to the distance between said first and said second borders (19) at a second end (C) of said slot (302).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
55 words
Boot according to claim 12, characterized in that it comprises a plate (304) which is fixed to said front quarter (303) and covers at least partially said slot (302) and said small block (301), said plate (304) being provided with an opening (305) wherefrom protrudes a slider (306) rigidly associated with said small block (301).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
Boot according to claims 12 or 13, characterized in that snap-together engagement seats are provided on the inner surface of said plate (305) for a lug (307) rigidly associated with said small block (301).
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
38 words
Boot according to claim 12, characterized in that a guide (308), parallel to said slot (302) and engageable by a tooth (309) protruding from said small block (301), is provided on the inner surface of said quarter (303).
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