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EP0572775A1
EP0572775A1 EP93104825A EP93104825A EP0572775A1 EP 0572775 A1 EP0572775 A1 EP 0572775A1 EP 93104825 A EP93104825 A EP 93104825A EP 93104825 A EP93104825 A EP 93104825A EP 0572775 A1 EP0572775 A1 EP 0572775A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/12—Special watertight footwear
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
    • A43B5/0415—Accessories

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  • the present invention relates to shoes whose closure of the instep is effected by pressurization using a clamping device of at least one outer flap overlapping on at least one inner flap so to ensure the mutual approximation of said flaps and thus modify the volume of the footwear in order to tighten the foot and relates in particular to a sealing means of such a closure.
  • a known type of ski boot with “traditional entry”, such as that described in document FR 2 022 964, has a structure in which a base shell intended to receive the foot is surmounted by a rod intended to grip the bottom As taught, the base shell has an opening in the area corresponding to the instep / flexion fold, and a tab for closing said opening, coming from the end of the shoe.
  • This tongue extends into the region of the bending fold and is advantageously connected to the edges of the opening by flexible parts forming a sealing bellows.
  • Such a construction is a certain improvement with respect to the "free" tongues, that is to say which are simply attached to or come from the toe; in fact, due to the geometry of the traditional tongues clearly separating them from the front of the upper (shell base), they cannot truly ensure the waterproofness of the shoe. This is the reason why it is judicious to connect the edges of the tongues with those of the opening of the shell base as in the example of this document FR 2 022 964. It will be noted that the use of a such sealing means, molded in one piece with the upper of the shoe, is, in this type of construction, relatively easy because there is no real overlap edge to edge of the tongue with the edges of the upper placed opposite.
  • ski boot with traditional entry
  • the base shell is open on the top in the area corresponding to the instep / flexion fold this opening extends in the longitudinal axis of the shoe and is presented under the appearance of a slot defined by the overlap of an outer transverse flap coming from one of the sides of the shell base on an interior transverse flap coming from the opposite side of said shell base.
  • these flaps are determined to cover the area of the instep up to that of the forefoot close to the toes, that is, the toe.
  • the entrance to this slot is shown by the position of the free edge end of the outer flap with respect to the wall facing the inner flap and therefore extends at a distance more or less close to the median longitudinal axis of the shoe in the direction of its length, and in the direction of its width, on the front part of said flaps which are superimposed transversely to this longitudinal axis coming at least partially projecting from the top of the shoe tip by their respective edges.
  • the tightness of the closure of this type of ski boot is obtained laterally by plating the outer tongue on the inner tongue and, according to the improvement of the invention, by adding a jointing element of the bellows type which is disposed at the front part of the slot close to the end of the shoe in correspondence with the transverse ends of the projecting flaps.
  • This joining element or bellows is disposed on the inner side of the shell base and is connected edge to edge with the edge of the flaps only in the area of the toe.
  • the present invention aims to achieve a seal from the outside of the closure of a ski boot with "traditional entry” comprising transverse flaps which join by overlap and which are subjected to the action of at least one clamping device.
  • Another object of the invention is to achieve perfect sealing by the use of a means which does not hamper the opening and closing maneuvers of "traditional entry” shoes and which extends continuously from to each other on the sides of the opening area - closing of the shoe.
  • the invention relates to a ski boot having a shell base provided with a sole and a rod and comprising at least one opening - closing zone which on the one hand extends substantially in the longitudinal axis of said shoe and on the other hand, is constituted by at least two relatively flexible flaps which join by covering, one going towards the inside of the shoe, while the other remains on the outside of the latter, over the first flap.
  • the flaps are oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis of the shoe and are controlled in approach to one another and to each other by at least one tightening device of a known type such as " tensioner-loop ",” tensioner-cable ", etc ......... connecting them in the closed position of the shoe.
  • the sealing is carried out by means of a flexible flexible covering means attached to the outside of the shoe in the opening - closing zone comprising the flaps which it partially envelops by closing the gap remaining between them in the closed position of the shoe.
  • the covering and sealing means form a fold which extends inside the shoe in the covering gap of said flaps, which gives it a substantially zigzag continuous profile.
  • This sealing means is made integral with the outside of the shoe by any known assembly means such as gluing, welding, stapling, etc. ... or possibly, simply using the fastening elements. of the clamping device which ensures the connection of the flaps in the closed position of the shoe.
  • the sealing means can advantageously be sandwiched between, on one side, the base of a hook and, on the other side, the base of a rack with which the said cooperates. hook with a loop attached to it.
  • the flexible sealing means is inextensible and, in this case, the fold that it forms inside the shoe has a length developed at least corresponding to that of the spacing minimum of the flaps when the latter are separated to make the opening of the shoe.
  • said means is advantageously fixed, for example by gluing, at the end of the free edge of the outer flap on the one hand, and close to the free edge of the inner flap so that in the natural release position of said flaps the connection point located at the end of the free edge of the outer flap always exceeds the connection area located on the inner flap. It follows from this arrangement that the part of flexible material of the sealing means which extends between the two connections is urged to undulate more on the side of the internal connection and therefore to remain under the external flap.
  • the flexible sealing means is extensible. in this case, it is possible to carry out either an assembly comparable to that which has just been described in the previous embodiment, or an assembly in which the sealing means constitutes a film or a membrane without folds working intended to allow the spacing of the flaps, said spacing being achieved simply by varying the extensibility of said film and / or of said membrane, that is to say its elastic possibilities of elongation to arrive in the open position of the shoe.
  • Such a sealing membrane then extends outside the outer flap to the outside of the inner flap and closes the overlap gap of said flaps.
  • the sealing means is then essentially connected to the outside of the shoe and to the inner flap at a sufficient distance from the free end of the outer flap to allow the relative sliding of said flaps when they are brought as close together as possible by means of the tightening device connecting them in the closed position of the shoe.
  • FIG. 1 represents, in perspective view, a so-called alpine ski boot with a traditional entry provided with a sealing means according to the invention arranged on the shell base.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the shell base of the shoe illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • Figures 3 and 4 are views, in cross section along line III - III, of the shoe of Figure 1 respectively showing the closure of the shell base and a natural release position "which may correspond to the opening of the hull base.
  • Figure 5 is a schematic sectional view, still along line III-III, of the shoe of Figure 1 showing another embodiment of the sealing means according to the invention.
  • Figure 6 is a view, in detail, of Figure 4 showing a method of fixing the sealing means on the flaps of the shell base.
  • the ski boot represented in FIG. 1 is a boot of the traditional entry type, that is to say that its opening takes place on its upper front part substantially in its longitudinal axis.
  • This shoe has a shell base 1 provided with a sole 2 and a rod 3 forming a collar.
  • the opening - closing zone 4 of the upper 3 is closed in a known manner by means of two transverse tabs 5 which are connected to tensioners 6 while only the opening - closing zone 7 of the shell base 1 (FIGS. 1 and 2) is provided with a sealing means 8 according to the invention.
  • This sealing means 8 is adapted to the flexible flaps 9 and 10 which join by overlap, the flap 10 going towards the inside of the shoe under the flap 9 which remains on the outside.
  • the flaps 9 and 10 are oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis 11 of the shoe and are ordered in proximity to one another and to each other, as can be seen with reference to the figures 3 and 4, by at least one clamping device 12.
  • This clamping device 12 is, in this construction case, constituted by a tensioning lever 13 provided with a hooking member 14, such as a hook, which is intended to cooperate with at least one of a succession of notches 15 which is provided with a rack 16 to ensure the connection of the flaps 9 and 10 between them in the closed position of the shoe.
  • the sealing means 8 obtained in a flexible and waterproof material, is attached to the outside of the shoe and substantially follows the contour of the profile of the free edge 9 'of the outer flap 9, returns towards the interior of the shoe by forming a fold 17, and then extends over the external surface of the internal flap 10 approximately up to the level of the tensioning lever 13.
  • the gap 18 for covering the flaps 9 and 10 in the closed position, FIG. 3, is thus closed by the sealing means 8 which then has a substantially zigzag profile.
  • the sealing means 8 can be made integral with the outside of the shoe by any known assembly means, such as by gluing, but can advantageously be fixed using the fixing rivets 19 of the base 13 'of the tensioning lever 13 and of the base 16' of the rack 16.
  • the sealing means 8 is then sandwiched between said bases 13 'and 16' and the surface exterior of the flaps 9 and 10 coming from the shell base 1.
  • the sealing means 8 is inextensible.
  • the fold 17 that it forms inside has a developed length at least corresponding to that of the minimum spacing of the flaps 9 and 10 to be executed to open the shoe, that is to say to allow the introduction and extraction of the foot from the latter.
  • the sealing means 8 is advantageously fixed on the one hand, at the end 20 of the free edge 9 'of the outer flap 9 and d 'other hand, at least near 21 of the free edge 10' of the inner flap 10 so that in the natural release position of said flaps, as illustrated in Figure 4, the end 20, or upper connection, of the outer flap 9 always exceeds the area of the connection 21 of the sealing means 8 on the inner flap 10.
  • the connections 20 and 21 lie in a plane 22 which s extends, from the connection 20, diagonally with respect to the perpendicular 23 of the tangent 24 of the arc 25 in which the shape of the external tongue 9 is at least partially inscribed.
  • the extensible sealing means 28, which consists of a film or a membrane without functional fold 17 intended to allow the spacing of the flaps 9 and 10, is arranged in simple covering on the interstice 18 for covering the latter.
  • the opening of the boot, and therefore the spacing of the flaps 9 and 10 is effected simply by playing on the inherent elasticity of the sealing means 8.
  • the means of 'seal 8 is connected essentially to the outside of the shoe and in particular to the inner flap 10 at a point 29 located at a sufficient distance from the end 9' of the outer flap 9 to allow sliding and reciprocal bringing together of said flaps 9 and 10 when the tightening device 12 (not shown) connects them in the closed position of the shoe.
  • the invention also relates to other opening-closing zones of a shoe than that of a shell base 1 as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.
  • the invention may in particular relate to the upper 3 of the shoe, whether in the anterior zone 4 or posterior thereof.

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FR929207011A FR2691884B1 (fr) 1992-06-04 1992-06-04 Chaussure de ski à fermeture étanche.

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