Abstract A boot suitable for after skiing is described which comprises a sole portion, an exterior vamp portion connected to the sole portion, the exterior vamp portion being turned at the top to form a turned over portion, an interior layer continuous with the turned over vamp portion, a chamber between the exterior portion and the interior layer, the chamber being closed and being inaccessible to the exterior environment. The ski boot may be of knee-high type or ankle-high type. The interior layer may be manufactured separate from the vamp portion and may be joined to the vamp portion by a seam. The interior layer may consist of a stocking which is joined to the top edge of the vamp portion, the stocking having the shape of a foot opposite to the foot portion of the boot, with the stocking being turned in the interior of the boot.
In a boot having a hollow outer shell structure defining an exterior sole portion and an exterior vamp portion connected to said sole portion, said vamp portion including a circumferential collar portion through which the foot of the wearer is inserted into the boot; and an interior liner disposed to extend within said hollow outer shell structure in a normal configuration to receive the foot of the wearer, the improvement which comprises means defining a connection securing said liner to said outer shell structure along a circumferentially extending connection path and establishing between said liner and outer shell structure a totally enclosed space when the liner is within the outer shell structure in said normal configuration, said connection means allowing the liner to be removed from the outer shell structure while connected thereto to position said liner in an inside-out configuration in which the liner and outer shell structure are in opposed relation about said connection path to facilitate establishing said connection means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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In a boot having a hollow outer shell structure defining an exterior sole portion and an exterior vamp portion connected to said sole portion, said vamp portion including a circumferential collar portion through which the foot of the wearer is inserted into the boot; and an interior liner disposed to extend within said hollow outer shell structure in a normal configuration to receive the foot of the wearer, the improvement which comprises means defining a connection securing said liner to said outer shell structure along a circumferentially extending connection path and establishing between said liner and outer shell structure a totally enclosed space when the liner is within the outer shell structure in said normal configuration, said connection means allowing the liner to be removed from the outer shell structure while connected thereto to position said liner in an inside-out configuration in which the liner and outer shell structure are in opposed relation about said connection path to facilitate establishing said connection means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said connection path is located inwardly of said collar portion when said liner is within the outer shell structure in said normal configuration.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said liner has a foot-shaped configuration.