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Inner lining shoe for boots
Assignee: Tecnica SpA
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Filing: 1991-05-23
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Granted: 1992-12-29
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Expires: 2011-05-23
Abstract
Abstract In an internal lining shoe (10) for boots, particularly ski boots, a fore tongue (15) is floatingly anchored to a vamp (11), in order to slide with respect to the vamp (11), through action of a resilient returning strip (19); the lining shoe structure being of a type not having excessively rigid areas reducing shoe comfort.
Inventors
- 👤 Andrea Gabrielli
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 02:57
CPC Classifications
A; A43; A43B; A43B23/00; A43B23/26; A43B5/00; A43B5/04; A43B5/0405
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said more internal and softer layer is connected to the tongue and the fore portion of the vamp by means of a seam extending along external edges of said more internal and softer layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said more internal and softer layer is connected to the tongue and the fore portion of the vamp by means of a seam extending along external edges of said more internal and softer layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
Internal lining shoe, as in claim 1, wherein said resilient means comprises a resilient strip having a lesser width than the tongue.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
Internal lining shoe, as in claim 1, wherein said resilient strip is connected to the rigid layer by means of a pin having flat heads.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
Internal lining shoe, as in claim 1, wherein said more internal and softer layer has variable thickness, the thickness at the fore portion of the vamp being less than that at the tongue.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
Internal lining shoe, as in claim 1, wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow sliding of said resilient strip.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
Internal lining shoe, as in claim 4, wherein said intermediate layer has a constant thickness, less than that of the external layer of the tongue.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
187 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising art least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer extends at least along the whole length of said resilient strip.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
187 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising art least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer extends at least along the whole length of said resilient strip.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
178 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer has a width at least equal to that of said resilient strip.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
178 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer has a width at least equal to that of said resilient strip.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
176 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer is more flexible than the external layer of the tongue.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
176 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer is more flexible than the external layer of the tongue.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
198 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer is connected to the external layer of the tongue through a pin provided with flat heads extending through a buttonhole having a length equal to a relative sliding stroke of the tongue.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
198 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer is connected to the external layer of the tongue through a pin provided with flat heads extending through a buttonhole having a length equal to a relative sliding stroke of the tongue.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
180 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer is connected to the fore portion of the vamp by means of a seam.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
180 words
Internal lining shoe for boots comprising a sole, a fore opened vamp and provided at said fore opening with a tongue thereof and a leg portion completing said vamp, said tongue being floatingly connected to said vamp to allow relative sliding freedom with respect to the vamp, said tongue comprising at least a rigid external layer, wherein said rigid external layer is connected to said vamp through a resilient means attached at a first end portion to said rigid external layer and at another end portion to said vamp with at least a continuous, more internal and softer layer, of said tongue continuously extending along the whole length of a fore portion of the vamp; wherein said resilient means is a resilient strip and wherein between the resilient strip and the more internal and softer layer is interposed an intermediate plastic layer having at least a surface facing the resilient strip being smooth enough to allow the sliding of said resilient strip; wherein said intermediate layer is connected to the fore portion of the vamp by means of a seam.
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