For ski boot

A lacing device for ski boots of the kind comprising a hooked lever like member cooperating with a ring like member, the said lacing members being secured to the ski boot upper, at both sides of the longitudinal opening formed in the ski boot upper. To this end, the said lacing members are each fastened...     

The boot comprises an upper of flexible material and at least one fastener for closing said upper. The fastener comprises a loop, a tightener which is engageable with said loop, and a tightener base part connected to said tightener. At least one tightener holder is integrally formed with said upper on...     

A ski boot having an upper part and a fastening mechanism which includes a tension member passing across an opening in the instep portion of the upper part, the tension member comprising a cable extending through guides, one end of the tension member being tightly connected to a clasp in the cuff portion...     

A ski boot of the rear or modified top entry variety which has a rear part hingedly connected to the remainder of the boot. The rear part is pivoted away from the remainder of the boot to permit the wearer to put the boot on or take it off. The hinge is in the form of a laterally extending T-shaped mating...     

The lacing device for ski boots comprises a hooked lever-like member which cooperates with a ring-like member. Each lacing member is hingedly mounted on a carrier plate which can be slidably fitted on a slide guide element provided on the flap of the ski boot upper. Each slide guide element presents...     

A lacing device for ski boots comprises a hooked lever-like lacing member provided on one flap of the boot which cooperates with a ring-like lacing member provided on the other flap of the boot. The said lacing members are anchored to the boot flaps by providing on the said flaps a corresponding number...     

The lacing device for ski boots comprises a hooked lever-like lacing member which cooperates with a flexible elastic ring-like lacing member. In order to secure the ring-like lacing member to the flap of the ski boot upper, on the flap there is provided a projection which is substantially shaped, in...     

A buckle for securing a pair of opposed closure flaps of an athletic boot comprises a catch mounted to one of the flaps and a latch mounted adjacent to the catch on the opposite flap. A wireform is mounted to the latch by means of a shaft pivoted on the latch, the shaft being threaded into a wireform...     

A skiing boot comprises an upper which has a rear portion that extends upwardly and forwardly and is formed at least at its upper end with a substantially central slot, which is adapted to be closed by means comprising ribs, such as rails, beads or the like extending along both sides of said slot, and...     

An articulated casing for ski boots comprises a plurality of rigid sections articulatedly interconnected for vertical swinging movement relative to each other about horizontal axes. In a preferred form, four such elements are provided, one comprising a sole or base, another comprising an upper which...     

A lacing device for ski boots comprises a hooked lever-like lacing member provided on one flap of the boot which cooperates with a ring-like lacing member provided on the other flap of the boot. The hooked lever-like lacing member is hingedly mounted on a carrier plate which is provided with an aperture...     

In the lacing device for ski boots the lacing members (either one or both of them) are mounted on a U-shaped carrier plate the legs of which slidably engage side grooves provided on an anchoring guide element on the ski boot. On the same carrier plate there is hingedly mounted a clamping element which...     

Fastening loops are attached directly to a vamp side or to leg strap extensions for engagement with fastening levers on the opposite side of the vamp. The interior surface of the vamp or of each strap extension is recessed to form flush engaging elements, any one of which can be connected with the inward...     

The present invention involves a ski boot closure system for ski boats equipped with a quick-closing lever and associated rack system. This knuckle joint-type closing system for ski boots, brings the first and second boot flaps together, it includes at least one lever hinged to the first boot-flap and...     

A ski boot comprising an upper whose stiffness is adjustable and an adjustable closure element surrounding the upper. The closure element can be secured to the upper in one of a plurality of different positions for varying the stiffness and/or inclination of the upper respectively. The closure element...     

A molded athletic boot such as an ice skate boot or ski boot is formed of a lower portion to which is hinged an upper. The lower includes an upstanding extension on each side of the forward instep portion to which flexible straps are secured. The extensions are crossed and the straps pass through apertures...     

A device for fastening a ski boot is characterized in that it comprises a second unlocking lever having a positive action, pivoted to the rack or clamping lever and whose pivotal movement causes the disengagement of the engagement pin of the clamping lever from the notch of the rack in which this pin...     

A retaining plate has at least two succeeding female detent means for receiving one end of a strap, which is received and retained at its other end in female detent means of a buckle. The female detent means in the retaining plate are covered by a cap, which consists of extensible material and is provided...     

Fastening means for sports shoes comprise a lace, a tension cable or the like, which is guided over guide elements which consists of buckles and are provided with rollers or the like. One end of the lace is provided with a detachable, spring-loaded one-way clip, in which the other end of the lace is...     

The boot has closing flaps and a fastening. The fastening includes a first tension member guided alternately between the closing flaps by guides, to cover an insertion opening in the upper part of the boot located in the vicinity of the instep, as well as a tightening fastener connected to the end of...     

A skiboot has a one-piece vamp secured to the sole of the boot and having a closed toe portion and an upwardly and backwardly opened heel portion. A one-piece forwardly U-shaped rear upper part is pivoted on the vamp at the heel portion thereof and has flaps which lie ahead of the pivots. A tongue is...     

A molded plastics material boot, for example a ski boot, in which a rigid sole has a rigid shell upper molded integrally therewith, the rigid shell having first and second relatively movable portions, and at least one closure element for clamping the portions in a closed position on a wearers foot. Each...     

A ski boot shell has a foot encasing portion and a separate ankle encasing portion. A locking arrangement secures the two portions together with their mating edges overlapping after the wearer's foot has been inserted therein.

A closure lever on the rear of a ski boot is engaged with a cable which passes beneath side lugs near the elevation of the sole of the boot and forwardly of the heel. The cable ends carry connectors which engage through apertures formed in the ends of a tension strap which passes transversely over the...     

A plastic ski boot, comprising a molded shell formed of one solid stock with the sole, an upper insole rigidly situated at the bottom of the shell and above the sole, flexible tightening means taking support on the different faces of the shell, intended to firmly tighten the shell to the foot of a skier,...     

Lacing system for ski boots adapted to pull tight the boot flaps around a skier's foot by means of fastener devices comprising each a first over-center hooked latching lever arranged on one of two flaps of the boot uppers, and a connecting link secured to the other of the two flaps of the boot uppers...     

A shoe fastener, particularly for skiing boots, including a tightening member which acts on a tension element, and a device for fixing the tension element and for selecting the effective length thereof. The device for fixing the tension element includes a groove which tapers toward its bottom and extends...     

The boot includes a heel portion which together with a sole and vamp define a space for accommodation of a wearer's foot. A stiff inner upper is integrally connected to the vamp and heel portion and a stiff outer upper surrounds the inner upper. The outer upper is connected to the inner upper at the...     

A ski boot comprises an upper, of which the stiffness is adjustable, and a strap surrounding the upper of the boot in the zone advantageously corresponding to the bottom of the leg. Means are provided to fix the strap on said upper. The strap comprises at least one zone of elastic deformation located...     

A ski boot comprises a plastics material shell, wherewith are associated a raised upper and a raised vamp, this latter being effective to cover the skier's leg front along the tibia and engage laterally the skier's leg, the raised upper and vamp being both hinged to said shell for pivoting about a substantially...     

A closure system is provided for a front entry ice skate sports boot having a top, an ankle portion with a back, a front opening, and sides extending above the ankle bone of a wearer, and an upper with a front opening. A plurality of guide means are disposed on the upper on opposite sides of the front...     

A closure assembly for footwear including ski boots in which a closure member having a lever end, engagement tooth and latch end is associated with a slotted tooth section molded on the footwear shell to open and close sections of the footwear.

The fastener comprises two fastener members, one of which consists of a tension strap and the other of a strap retainer. One of the fastener members is provided with teeth, which are interengageable with a tensioning lever, which is associated with the other fastener member. Strap-restraining means are...     

A tensioning lever is mounted on one part of the shoe. A tension loop is mounted on another part of the shoe and adapted to be hooked into the tensioning lever. The tensioning lever can be moved along a rack to tension the fastener and is restrained by releasable means against being pulled back. Before...     

A sports shoe or boot having an upper and a shaft or leg plate is provided with a tightening system comprising a tightening member and a pull cord. The pull cord is arranged in turns over the openable closing flaps of the upper and is protected by a covering tongue. A turn of the pull cord is guided...     

A fastening device for ski-boots includes a lever which is mounted on a support base fixed to the boot, and a ring which is connected to a tightening unit through a tie rod and is engageable with one of a plurality of hook-shaped seats formed in the lever. The tie rod is adjustable in length so that...     

A ski boot has a cuff pivotally connected to its lower shell member and a latch mechanism for holding the cuff in a predetermined angular orientation with respect to the shell member. The easily operated latch mechanism comprises a toggle linkage whose actuating lever is pivotally connected to the cuff...     

A fastener for sports shoes, particularly for skiing boots or mountaineering boots, comprises a base member (1), which is adapted to be secured to one side part of the quarter of the shoe and is provided with a track (10), which extends in the direction in which the fastener is to be tightened. That...     

A ski boot has a frontal opening adapted to be closed by a tongue. The tongue carries a latching mechanism having fastening members that may be moved into and out of engagement with anchor members fixed to the boot on opposite sides of the opening. The tongue wholly overlies the fastening members and...     

A rear-entry type ski boot having an upper including a front cuff and a rear spoiler. The upper is at least partially journalled on a rigid shell base for latching the cuff and spoiler around the leg of the skier. Also provided is means for automatically closing the spoiler in response to forward flexion...     

Sport shoe, particularly adapted to use in cross-country skiing, including a sole, a vamp, and an overshoe. The vamp is positioned in the overshoe and includes a tightening means for tightening the vamp around the instep. Both the vamp and the overshoe include a posterior portion surrounding the rear...     

A boot, particularly for sports use, consisting of a boot to which a legging is coupled by an articulation and houses an internal element. The boot includes a vamp which is provided with a legging which holds, at the height of the malleolus of the wearer's foot, articulated elements which hinge to the...     

A ski boot has a base element forming sole, toe and instep portions and which mounts a shin cuff element, a calf cuff element, and a heel seat element with three triangularly located hinging connections. The heel seat element engages a wearer's heel to aid in closure of the cuff elements and to facilitate...     

A fastening mechanism for the bootlace of a boot, which includes two upright and serrated side edges provided on either side of a cut-open portion of a boot to form teeth and notches all along the length of the edges, each tooth having an eyelet and projecting upward in the same direction of a lace running...     

Ski boot of the rear entry type, comprising an upper constituted by a forward cuff (4) solid with the shell (2) of the boot and open to the rear, and by a rear hood (9) swingable about two axes (8) of articulation located on either side of the lower part of the shell, these two elements being assembled...     

This boot comprises an upper pivotable on a lower portion of the boot and adapted to be locked by means of interconnecting means comprising a rack rigid with the upper and a lever fulcrumed to the rack in two guide members in which the pivot pin of the lever is adapted to move parallel to the rack. The...     

The upper part of the skiing boot has a cap part and a leg, the latter having a tibia side leg portion and a calf side leg portion. Between the tibia side leg portion and an inner boot is provided a support member which, on drawing together the two leg portions, exerts on the instep part the pressure...     

A ski-boot has a lower part, receiving the foot, with an instep plate engaging over the instep of the foot, and a boot leg which, for walking, is swingable on the lower part of the boot about an axis of rotation, extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the lower part of the boot and arranged...     

A rear-entry ski boot including a rigid shell base and an upper. The upper includes a cuff and a spoiler adapted to pivot between opened and closed positions. Also provided is means for automatically closing the spoiler after the leg is inserted into the boot, in response to pressure from the leg on...     

A downhill ski boot (1), the upper (3) of which has a front collar (4) and a rear cap (5) placed mutually around an axis (6). The collar (4) and the cap (5) are kept in a position pressing against the skier's leg by tension on a cable (8) which is anchored by one end on the collar (4) or the cap (5)...     

A ski boot having a lower shell and upper outer and inner shells being spaced apart to define front and rear openings within which are tiltably mounted front and rear cuffs. A band is wound around the outer peripheries of said shells and cuffs; there being a device for tightening said band. There is...     

Winding device for adjusting the length and tension of the braces on a rear entry ski boot for tightening the skier's foot and closing the boot shank on the skier's leg. The device comprises a control button turnably mounted on the boot and having an axle offset with respect to its rotation axis, a toothed...     

A closure mechanism for overlapping closure flaps of an athletic boot comprises at least one cable arranged to overlap the flaps and travel interiorly of the boot to a position remote from the overlapping flaps. The cable then exits the interior of the boot and is connected to a latch for pulling the...     

A ski boot which comprises a shell body having a sole and a lower shell, a pair of upper shell members engaged to said shell body on opposite sides thereof, and being in confronting relationship, said upper shell members being spaced apart at their front and rearward ends to define front and rear openings,...     

An alpine ski boot (1), the rod of which has a front collar (4) and a rear cap (5) arranged about a common axis (6), and the foot accommodating shell (2) of which houses, in its interior, a tarsal support casing (12). The collar (5) and the cap (6), on the one hand, and the casing (12), on the other...     

This ski boot comprises a fastening and tension device consisting of a cogged strap of which the teeth are cycloidal segments parallel to the strap plane. These teeth cooperate with drive studs carried by a rotary disc coupled to a control knob. The studs are disposed at spaced angular intervals on a...     

This ski boot comprises an inner skipper fitted in a rigid outer shell and the skier's heel is caused to fit in the rear portion of the boot by a pressure plate disposed between the shell and the slipper, on the instep. The pressure exerted by this plate is obtained by means of a cable acting in the...     

A hydraulic regulated, space adjustment device for use within the interior of a footwear to adjust to specific space requirements of a foot as they vary during usage comprising a plurality of compartment which permits shifting of hydraulic fluid in response to forces applied to the footwear. The said...     

This ski boot comprises a boot shell, a front gaiter and a rear gaiter associated therewith and a gaiter closure device. The gaiter closure device presents a lever element pivoted, at one end, to either of the gaiters for rotation about the pivot axis between an open and a closed position. The lever...     

A ski boot has a base element forming sole, toe and instep portions and which mounts a shin cuff element, a calf cuff element, and a heel seat element with three triangularly located hinging connections. The heel seat element engages a wearer's heel to aid in closure of the cuff elements and to facilitate...     

A rear entry ski boot including two flexible tightening elements, one of which tightens the upper of the boot on the lower leg of the skier and the other of which presses the foot downwardly and rearwardly into the boot so as to hold down the foot in the zone of the short perimeter of the heel of the...     

A ski boot of the rear entry type having an upper and a shell base. The upper includes a front portion journalled on the shell base around a first journal and a rear portion journalled on the front portion around a second journal. The front portion of the upper includes two lateral extensions extending...     

This ski boot comprises a boot shell having a front gaiter and a rear gaiter associated therewith, as well as a lever element which is pivoted at one end to either of said gaiters, preferably the rear gaiter, for rotation about the pivot axis. Journalled to a middle portion of the lever element is an...     

Device for tensioning a flexible element assuring a connection between two pieces, particularly applicable to the closure and tightening of a ski boot. The flexible element (7) passes around a first, movable counter-element carried by a pivoting tensioning lever (6), forming a first loop (7a, 7b), then...     

The present invention comprises a ski boot closure for rear-entry ski boots. In this closure mechanism a latch mechanism having a lever, which is movable between open and closed positions, operates a cable system having height and length varying strands. The cable system originates in the latch mechanism...     

This ski boot fastener comprises a stretching lever having pivotally mounted therein at least two nipples each fulcrumed on a crosspin, and boot closing cables having each one end passing through the corresponding nipple and anchored to a cable head or socket movable along the cable and reacting against...     

A ski boot having a shell and a leg portion (3) which is pivotable in the longitudinal direction relative to said shell. To permit entry into the boot from the rear, the leg portion may comprise a sleeve, which is to surround the front, lower portion of the user's shin bone and is open towards the heel,...     

A ski boot having a foot receiving casing and a leg portion, as well as a pressure distribution plate which is disposed between casing and an inner boot portion inserted in the casing, and which plate is provided with a device which presses the pressure distribution plate towards the instep region. The...     

The rear entrance ski boot comprises a boot shell to which a front quarter and a rear quarter are hinged. Also provided is a closure means for tightening the rear quarter toward the front quarter. The invention is peculiar in that it comprises a rear inner quarter connected to the cited shell and spanning...     

The boot is composed of a lower shell (1), on which an upper (2) is articulated about a pivot axis (5) coinciding at least approximately with the joint of the foot. The shell (1) has on the outside, at the rear, a rounded portion (12), the radius of curvature of which is centered on the pivot axis, (5),...     

This shell-type ski-boot comprising a lower portion molded integrally with the sole and an upper made of a front quarter and a rear quarter pivotally interconnected and fulcrumed on the lower portion, is proveded with a telescopic traction device adapted to close the upper tightly and automatically when...     

A ski boot is provided having a clamping device mounted on the rear heel part for tightening and loosening a mechanical coupling arrangement connected to a restraining part arranged on the ski boot. The clamping device may be a hydraulic, pneumatic or electric driving system with an adjusting element...     

In this rotary fastener which can be used particularly on ski boots two traction wire tensioning elements can be altered in their effective length in opposing directions by a rotary movement in one or the other direction in order to tighten or loosen shoe closure flaps. For the accurate adjustment of...     

A ski boot has a tongue part forwardly deflectable relative to the shank part connected to the sole of the boot, as the skier's lower legs move in the leaning forward direction. The deflectability of the tongue part can be limited by means of a limiting device consisting of laterally arranged limiting...     

A ski boot comprises a foot-encasing shell body having front and rear cuffs, each being pivotally engaged on opposite sides to the shell body for relative movement away from each other into boot-open position and toward each other into boot-closed position; there being an inner boot member. A boot tightening...     

In a ski boot having a toe- and heel-piece and an anklet consisting of an anklet front part and an anklet rear part it is proposed that the toe- and heel-piece is soft to deformation in the instep region in the direction of variation of the clear instep width, that the anklet front part is displaceable...     

The securement and adjustment device includes a base member having an elongated slot adapted to be secured to a ski boot. A pulley having a sawtooth wheel coaxially secured thereto is rotatably mounted within the elongated slot and is also mounted for movement lengthwise of the slot. At least one tensioning...     

The boot comprises an upper (4) hinged (5) with a shell (1). A mechanism allows the upper to be locked to the shell or to be pivoted. This mechanism consists of two links (7, 8) hinged with each other and, on the one hand, with the shell (10) and, on the other hand, with the upper (11). The pin (9) hingeably...     

A sport boot, intended especially for cross country skiing, essentially flexible, has a front area (16) of the shaft (9) which is continuous and completely closed, with respect to which slits (19, 21) are offset, allowing the opening and closing of the shaft (9) so that the boot can be put on and taken...     

A ski boot having an outer shell which contains a front cuff with opposed side portions, a rear cuff and with inner boot having an instep portion being fitted within the outer shell. First and second elongated continuous flexible members each having forward and rearward end portions are provided for...     

The boot is composed of a lower shell (1), on which an upper (2) is articulated about a pivot axis (5) coinciding at least approximately with the joint of the foot. The shell (1) has on the outside, at the rear, a rounded portion (12), the radius of curvature of which is centered on the pivot axis (5),...     

A device for guiding and retaining a system designed to tighten and/or close two mutually movable parts of a ski boot. The device consists of a recessed key (12) that may be inserted into an opening (13) provided in a part of the boot, the recessed portion of the key forming a channel within which at...     

There is provided a ski boot formed of plastic material and having a sole and a shaft consisting of a front shaft part having a shell and a rear shaft part articulated on the shell at the heel. The front shaft part is provided with zones of weakness in the arch and shin areas which increase the flexibility...     

There is provided a ski boot formed of plastic material and having a sole and a shaft consisting of a front shaft part having a shell and a rear shaft part articulated on the shell at the heel. The front shaft part is provided with zones of weakness in the arch and shin areas which increase the flexibility...     

A combination of a ski boot and a releasable ski binding which attaches the boot to a ski. The binding includes first connecting portion secured to the ski, second connecting means secure to the boot, and a plunger combination for releasably coupling the first and second connecting portions so that the...     

A high boot has a frame with cradles for supporting the leg and the instep, a rear support member connected to the frame and an operating lever pivoted relative to the frame. A cable is attached to the operating lever, which acts on the frame, upon pivoting the operating lever, so as to tighten the frame...     

The boot is equipped at the rear with a cable-type clamping and closing device consisting of a lever (9) mounted on a support piece (10) displaceable on a rack (11). This rack is preferably movable and connected to two cables (23, 24) for clamping the foot, the upper (4) being closed and clamped by a...     

A rear-entry ski boot whose rear piece (3) is provided with a flexibly connected guide device (15) constituting a tightening and closing system (8) which is always well positioned for gripping by the skier.

A ski boot fastening device according to the present invention is applied to a ski boot comprising an outer shell and an inner boot fitted in the outer shell. The ski boot fastening device comprises an outer shell, an inner boot fitted in the outer shell, an ankle tight-holding long member for contracting...     

In a ski boot having a toe- and heel-piece and an anklet consisting of an anklet front part and an anklet rear part it is proposed that the toe- and heel-piece is soft to deformation in the instep region in the direction of variation of the clear instep width, that the anklet front part is displaceable...     

A ski boot composed of a rigid sole (1), on the front of which a shell in the form of a shoe (2) is articulated, and of an upper composed of a front part (4) fixed to the shell and of a rear part (6) articulated at the rear of the sole. The rear part (6) is connected to the shell by means of two pivots...     

A sport shoe comprising a lower tongue for engaging a foot pivotably secured to an upper tongue for engaging a leg and a tightening member coupled to the upper tongue. The tightening member extends forwardly from the upper tongue to overlay and movably engage the lower tongue to dynamically tighten and...     

There is provided a ski boot having two support elements arranged between the shaft and the inner show of the ski boot which overlap the region of the instep in the nature of a saddle. Each support element is engaged by a pulling element which in each case grips across the other support element and is...     

The ski boot comprises a lower shell (1) with which a rear portion (2) of the shaft and a front portion (3) of the shaft are connected so as to be articulated. The lower shell (1) comprises a cut out portion (7) in the rear in the area which is provided for enclosing the lower leg, an insert piece (8)...     

A ski boot comprises a shell and shaft designed for stepping in from the rear and composed of a collar and a lid. The collar and the front portion of the shell form a first integral part, whereas the rear, heel portion of the shell together with the lid form a second integral part. The two integral parts...     

Between an upper portion and a leg portion of the plastic shell of ski-boots a slot is provided, which is closed by internal tongues for sealing the slot with respect to water and snow.

An apparatus for closing the upper of a ski boot on a lower leg of a skier and for retaining the foot of a skier in the shell base of the boot. The apparatus includes a system for closing the upper on the lower leg of the skier which includes a first traction element and a device for tensioning the first...     

The boot comprises a shaft (2) in two parts which are articulated on a lower part (1) by means of two rivets (6). The front part of the shaft consists of two pieces (5, 7) which are mutually assembled exclusively by interlocking and catching, that is to say without the aid of auxiliary means of fixing....     

A ski boot includes a shell, a front quarter and a rear quarter, the shell may be made in one piece or by overlapping flaps, the front quarter includes a first element and a second element, the first element has at least one flap overlapping the second element; fastening means being provided to close...     

A ski boot including an upper surrounding the lower leg of the skier, and a shell base for surrounding the foot of the skier. The boot also includes an apparatus for closing the upper on the lower leg of the skier, an apparatus for holding the foot in the boot, and a mobile linking device for linking...