	US 12,213,560 B2
	Liner for a ski boot and tongue having improved ventilation and pressure distribution on a foot
Henrik Bjursten, Lund (SE); and Magnus Dencker, Höllviken (SE)
Assigned to Cintor AB, Lund (SE)
Appl. No. 17/426,478
Filed by Cintor AB, Lund (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052241 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/157174, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19154420 (EP), filed on Jan. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104576 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A43B 5/04 (2006.01); A43B 23/26 (2006.01)

CPC A43B 5/0405 (2013.01) [A43B 23/26 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A tongue for a footwear comprising:

an outer generally stiff layer, said layer being substantially saddle-shaped and generally conforming to a dorsal surface of a foot;

an inner padding layer providing contact to the dorsal surface of the foot, the inner padding layer having at least a first portion and a second portion;

wherein the second portion is arranged to cover at least a part of a dorsalis pedis artery and/or a deep peroneal nerve on the dorsal surface of the foot, and wherein an entirety of the second portion is a material that is softer than an entirety of the first portion;

and wherein the outer generally stiff layer has a first part and a second part wherein the second part has a thickness of at least 3 mm, or 4 mm, or 5 mm, or 10 mm, over an area of the second portion, and

wherein the second portion is an area that is between 1-20% of the area of the inner padding of the tongue, and wherein the first portion is the remainder of the area of the inner padding that is at least 80% of the area of the inner padding of the tongue.