Method of shaping and a series of shaping implements for slalom boots
First Claim
1. A method of shaping slalom boots, consisting of a hard plastic outer shell and an inner boot made of flexible material, to conform with individual protrusions of a user'"'"'s foot and comprising the steps of:
- forming a pattern depicting the sole of the user'"'"'s foot from an inflexible material;
placing the pattern inside the boot;
locally heating a point corresponding to a protrusion in the pattern from outside the boot by hot-air blowing; and
pressing the heated point from inside the boot using a wooden shaping head to stretch the plastic material to conform to the protrusion in the pattern.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed of shaping and a series of shaping implements for slalom boots, in which the slalom boot consists of a hard plastic outer shell and an inner boot manufactured from a flexible material. In accordance with the invention the boot is shaped to a perfect fit for the user as follows: a boot of the correct length is selected in accordance with the user'"'"'s foot; the individual forms of the foot protruding from the boot are recorded; a point in the outer shell corresponding to each protrusion is shaped as follows: the point to be shaped is heated locally from the outside by hot-air blowing; the heated point is pressed from inside by means of a wooden piece, when the plastic material stretches and a protrusion arises.
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1. A method of shaping slalom boots, consisting of a hard plastic outer shell and an inner boot made of flexible material, to conform with individual protrusions of a user'"'"'s foot and comprising the steps of:
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forming a pattern depicting the sole of the user'"'"'s foot from an inflexible material; placing the pattern inside the boot; locally heating a point corresponding to a protrusion in the pattern from outside the boot by hot-air blowing; and pressing the heated point from inside the boot using a wooden shaping head to stretch the plastic material to conform to the protrusion in the pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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