US4730403A
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Pressurized ski boot
Assignee: Raichle Sportschuh AG
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Filing: 1986-07-23
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Granted: 1988-03-15
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Expires: 2006-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A sports shoe (1) is provided with air chambers underneath a comparatively rigid outer shell (2) such that pressure in these air chambers, i.e., the compression on the foot, can be adjusted by a pump system (5, 6). The design of the pump system is simple, easy to manufacture, compact and operationally reliable due to the valves (14, 15) of the pump system being enclosed in a common housing part (13) separated by a partition (20) from the membrane pump chamber (11). The valves (14, 15) are mounted coaxially in tandem sequence. The evacuating valve (15) can also serve as the pump suction valve and is provided at an end (37) with a manually displaceable stem which, during evacuation of the air chamber, wil make contact with the valve stem (b 32) of the pump pressure valve (14).
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus Walkhoff
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 15:40
CPC Classifications
A; A43; A43B; A43B5/00; A43B5/04; A43B5/0405; A43B5/0407
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A sports shoe, having an inflatable air chamber, enclosed underneath an outer shell of the shoe and disposed in the form of a cushion to be adjacent a foot of the shoe wearer, and a pump system connected to the air chamber that includes a membrane pump chamber and a valve system with a pump pressure valve followed in the direction of venting therefrom by an evacuation valve, said pump system being set into a receiving aperture provided therefor in the outer shell of the shoe, characterized in that: said valves of the valve system are enclosed in a common housing part mounted next to the membrane pump chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
109 words
A sports shoe, having an inflatable air chamber, enclosed underneath an outer shell of the shoe and disposed in the form of a cushion to be adjacent a foot of the shoe wearer, and a pump system connected to the air chamber that includes a membrane pump chamber and a valve system with a pump pressure valve followed in the direction of venting therefrom by an evacuation valve, said pump system being set into a receiving aperture provided therefor in the outer shell of the shoe, characterized in that: said valves of the valve system are enclosed in a common housing part mounted next to the membrane pump chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The sports shoe as in claim 1, further comprising: a pump suction valve having a valve stem that includes a projecting actuation end and is displaceable in a direction of opening until said suction valve stem makes contact with an actuation stem of the pump pressure valve to open this pump pressure valve to evacuate the air chamber.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The sports shoe as in claim 2, wherein: said valves of the valve system are enclosed in a sleeve that is in turn enclosed at least partly by a housing part of the pump system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The sports shoe as in claim 1, wherein: the housing part includes an assembly aperture, disposed crosswise to the direction of a longitudinal axis of the valve system, allowing the installation through said aperture of the valve system into the housing part.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
The sports shoe as in claim 1, wherein: the housing part comprises an assembly aperture, disposed in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the valve system so that an actuation end of a valve stem to evacuate the air chamber is mounted to this assembly aperture.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The sports shoe as in claim 1, wherein: the membrane pump chamber has a rubber-elastic, flapshaped part and the housing part receiving the valve system is integral therewith.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
The sports shoe as in claim 1, wherein: the membrane pump chamber is provided with a flap-like component which can be elastically deformed from the outside of the shoe, and this chamber is sealed on the side facing the inside of the shoe by a bottom plate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The sports shoe as in claim 7, wherein: the shoe has a bottom plate and the flap-shaped part is connected by an enclosing fastening frame to the bottom plate, the fastening frame engaging the bottom plate in a snap-in manner.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The sports shoe as in claim 8, wherein: snap-in hooks are provided integral with the fastening frame, and engage the bottom plate from behind.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
51 words
The sports shoe as in claim 8, wherein: the pump system is fixed by the fastening frame to the outer shell of the shoe by means of snap-in hooks integral with the fastening frame engaging from the rear edge of a receiving aperture provided in the outer shell of the shoe.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
The sports shoe as in claim 7, wherein: the pump system is fastened by snap-in hooks integral with the bottom plate to a receiving aperture provided in the outer shell of the shoe, where these snap-in hooks engage from behind the edge of this receiving aperture.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
The sports shoe as in claim 11, wherein: the elastically deforming flap-shaped part of the membrane pump chamber is provided with an inwardly pointing fastening flange which is engaged from behind by an outwardly projecting edge of the bottom plate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The sports shoe as in claim 7, wherein: the bottom plate of the pump system is integral with the outer shell of the shoe.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The sports shoe as in claim 1, wherein: the housing part receiving the valve system extends parallel to the plane of that part of the outer shell of the shoe which enclosed the pump system.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
The sports shoe as in claim 14, wherein: the housing part receiving the valve system is integral with the bottom plate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
The sports shoe as in claim 15, wherein: the housing part receiving the valve system is integrated in the manner of a bracket in the side of the bottom plate pointing to the inside of the shoe.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
The sports shoe as in claim 8, wherein: the housing part receiving the valve system forms one part of the fastening frame.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
43 words
The sports shoe as in claim 1, wherein: the housing part enclosing the valve system extends perpendicularly to the plane of a part of the outer shell of the shoe which surrounds the pump system and projects from the outside of the shoe.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
The sports shoe as in claim 1, wherein: a strengthening plate is mounted to an outer wall of the membrane pump chamber.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
18 words
The sports shoe as in claim 1, further comprising: an intake valve issuing into the membrane pump chamber.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
The sports shoe as in claim 7, further comprising: an intake valve mounted in the bottom plate sealing the membrane pump chamber.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
22 words
The sports shoe as in claim 20, wherein: the intake valve is mounted in the bottom plate sealing the membrane pump chamber.
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