US 12,108,839 B2
Lower shell for a gliding boot
Giuseppe Garbujo, Montebelluna (IT); and Danilo Frada, Montebelluna (IT)
Assigned to ROSSIGNOL LANGE S.R.L., Montebelluna (IT)
Filed by ROSSIGNOL LANGE S.R.L., Montebelluna (IT)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/869,259.
Claims priority of application No. 21425034 (EP), filed on Jul. 21, 2021; and application No. 2200801 (FR), filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0024907 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 5/0456 (2013.01) [A43B 5/0433 (2013.01); A43B 5/0482 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ski boot, comprising:
a lower shell intended to receive a user's foot, the lower shell comprising an enveloping part having a general shape hugging a shape of the user's foot, the enveloping part comprising a rear wall hugging a shape of a heel of the user's foot,
a collar intended to envelop a lower leg of the user, the collar being articulated in rotation about the lower shell,
an upwardly extending tongue at a rear of the gliding boot, and
an elastic means,
wherein
a first end of the tongue forms a fastened assembly or a monobloc assembly with the lower shell,
the tongue extends substantially parallel to the rear wall, a space being defined between the tongue and the rear wall, and
a second end of the tongue is connected to the collar via the elastic means.