FR2472353A1 - Overshoe for cross-country skiing - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Overshoe (2) for cross-country skiing, characterized in that it comprises a knitted slipper of which the end of the foot has a substantially circular opening (3) intended to permit the end to pass in front of the shoe and edged with an elastic strip (4) intended to tighten this opening and strengthen it, and of which the sole has a median longitudinal slit (5) intended to permit the lower part of the shoe intended to cooperate with the guide means integral with the ski to pass through.

Description

The present invention relates to an overshoe for

cross-country skiing.

  It is known that cross-country skiing, and especially cross-country skiing, requires the skier to wear light, low-rise shoes in order to allow the skis to sag during

  the race. These shoes have a disadvantage

  tain: they hardly protect the skier's foot against the introduction of snow, especially at the ankles; skiers' feet are therefore not protected against the action of moisture and

resulting cold.

  Leggings are commonly used to

  least partially to this disadvantage, these gaiters

  generally made of coated fabric having a cer-

  Some extensibility provides a relatively good

  city and the top of the foot but only cover the

  shoe without clasping it completely; their solidarity

  footwear is usually provided by way of

  under the sole, elastic or fastening tabs

  connected to the upper part of the gaiter which does not

  do not fish for the introduction of snow under the shoe.

  The present invention aims to provide

  an overshoe for cross-country skis

  the shoe, perfectly protects the skier's foot against the cold and the humidity due in particular

  to the introduction of snow on and under the shoe.

  Thus the object of the invention is to

  shoe constituted by a knitted sock of conventional type whose originality is that the tip of the foot has a substantially circular opening,

  intended to allow the front end of the shoe to pass

  safe and lined with an elastic band, intended for

  this opening and strengthen it, and in that the sole has a longitudinal median slot disposed between the base of the heel and the middle of said sole and designed to let the recessed portion of the heel of the shoe for cooperating with a guide rib arranged in the rear guide plate of the binding

cross country skiing.

  The overshoes are knitted from yarns made of natural or synthetic fibers or a mixture of these fibers, according to any type of knitting known per se and

  used in the manufacture of socks.

  The flexibility inherent in conventional knitting processes used for the manufacture of socks constituting the overshoes attached to the provision of the opening of the toe of the foot and that of the slot provided under the sole provides, by simply threading the overshoes on a shoe cross-country skiing its perfect adaptation to the contours of the shoe it

  completely enclose, thus protecting in a very ef-

  the skier's foot against both the moisture and the

to be cold.

  The present invention will be better understood from

  their advantages and advantages will emerge from the description

  following, with reference to the attached schematic drawing showing, by way of non-limiting example, a form

  execution of the overshoes according to the invention.

  Figure 1 is a bottom view of the overshoe, before introduction,

  Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing

  both the shoe on the shoe, Figure 3 is a perspective view of a cross-country ski boot coated with the overshoe and Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a shoe.

  cross-country ski boot covered with overshoes.

  In the figures, 2 denotes the overshoes presented

  at the foot of an opening 3 bordered by a banana

  of elastic 4 and under the sole a reinforced slot 5

  by seams 6.7 the cross-country ski boot.

  As can be seen in FIG. 1, the overshoe 2 consists of a sock made by conventional methods of knitting such articles.

  it is knitted from yarns of all kinds,

  artificial or synthetic, or from mixtures of these fibers. The wool and at least one synthetic fiber are generally knitted together to combine the favorable properties of each of these fibers so much

  of adiathermic power than physical resistance.

  These wires were eventually subjected, as it is

  naked in itself, applied waterproofing treatment

either before or after knitting.

  According to the invention, an opening 2 is formed at the front end of the overshoe 2, either by cutting the falling sock of the trade, or during the

  knitting itself, by omitting the iron

  endure of the foot. In any case, this opening

  ture 2 is provided by stitching or any other conventional means

  sic, an elastic band 4 which on the one hand avoids any unraveling of the knitting during the operations of putting under

  tension it will experience in use, and on the other hand,

  at said opening 3 good elastic properties.

  allowing it to adapt closely, as

  see below, at the front end of the shoe.

  A longitudinal slot 5 is further provided in the middle portion of the sole of the overshoe

  2, between the base of the heel and the middle of said sole.

  This slot results from a cut made throughout the thickness of the sole, along a column of mesh. Also in order to avoid any scrolling of the knit during use and consolidate the slot 5, said slot is lined with a seam 6 fixing the

son in position.

  Figures 2, 3 and 4 show a shoe

  cross country ski 7 equipped with the overshoe 2 according to the invention.

  It is enough for the skier, once wearing,

  ler the overshoe 2 over the shoe 7,

  troducing in the opening 3 lined with the band 4 the advance -4 8 of the front end of the shoe 7 and nibble the heel 11 of the overshoe 2 on the heel 12 of the shoe 7; the slot 5 formed in the sole of the overshoe then expands under the effect of the tension exerted and reveals the recess 10 formed under

  the base 9 of the heel 11 of the shoe 7, and which is

  adapted to cooperate with a guide rib formed in the rear guide plate of the attachment of the cross-country ski

(not shown)

  It is clear from the figures that the overshoe 2 perfectly covers the shoe 7 except of course the advanced 8 and the recess 5 and provides it a perfect protection against cold and moisture. The rod of the sock made, in a classical way, in rib-edges contributes to the protection in

  now the upper end of the overshoot serves

  against the skier's leg and avoiding, any introduc-

  snow on the top of the shoe.

  As is obvious, and as is apparent from the foregoing, the present invention is not limited to

  the only embodiment described above as an example

  ple; it embraces, on the contrary, all the

  However, the nature and the title of the yarns used for the knitting, the weave and the gauge used for knitting the overshoes and the respective dimensions of the opening

2 and slot 5.

Claims (1)

- CLAIM -   Overshoe for cross-country skiing, characterized in that it consists of a knitted sock whose toe has a substantially circular opening designed to allow the front end of the foot to pass and lined with an elastic band provided for tighten   this opening and strengthen it, and whose   a longitudinal middle slot, disposed between the base of the heel and the middle of said sole and provided   to let the recessed part of the heel of the shoe   sure intended to cooperate with a guide rib formed in the rear guide plate of the binding of the ski background.