US 12,137,772 B2
Ski boot
Davide Parisotto, Asolo (IT); and Elenio Menegon, Asolo (IT)
Assigned to CALZATURIFICIO S.C.A.R.P.A. S.P.A., (IT)
Filed by CALZATURIFICIO S.C.A.R.P.A. S.P.A., Asolo (IT)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/698,486.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000006962 (IT), filed on Mar. 23, 2021; and application No. 102022000003257 (IT), filed on Feb. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330650 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A43B 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 5/0415 (2013.01) [A43B 5/0447 (2013.01); A43B 5/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ski boot comprising:
a rigid foot-case which is adapted to accommodate a user's foot and has a lower part structured to couple with a ski binding device;
a rigid cuff which is adapted to surround a lower part of the user's leg and is pivotally joined to the foot-case so as to be able to rotate about a transversal axis perpendicular to a midplane of the ski boot;
a protective tongue and/or gaiter that closes an upper part of the foot-case; and
a foot-case closing means adapted to selectively close/tighten the foot-case on the user's foot, wherein the foot-case closing means comprises:
an oblong, transversal locking band with a flexible and inextensible structure, which extends transversally to the midplane of the ski boot, astride of and flush to the protective tongue and/or gaiter, and has a first end firmly fixed to a first lateral side of the foot-case; and
a manually-operated coupling assembly which is adapted to connect a second end of said transversal locking band selectively and alternatively to either one of the foot-case and the cuff, at a second lateral side of the foot-case opposite to said first lateral side.