Sports shoe, especially ski shoe

• US 6,868,624 B1
• Filed: 11/14/2000
• Issued: 03/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Atomic Austria GmbH (Anta International Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Atomic Austria GmbH (Anta International Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Trinkaus, Gerhard
• Primary Examiner(s): PATTERSON, MARIE D
• Application Number:
  US10/130,558
• Time in Patent Office: 1,589 Days
• Field of Search: 361/171, 361/173, 36/25.R, 36/30.R
• US Class Current: 36/117.1
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/14 characterised by the constructive form
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/181 Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/04 Ski or like boots
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/0417 for soles or associated with soles of ski boots; for ski bindings A43B5/0411 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/0421 located underneath the sole
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/049 with an upper made of composite material, e.g. fibers or core embedded in a matrix

Abstract

The invention relates to a sports shoe (1), in particular a ski boot (2), having a shell part (3) made from plastics. A shell base (11) of the shell part (3) forming support surface (12) an inner shoe (10) or foot (9) is provided in the form of an impact- and/or vibration-damping ribbed fitting, consisting of a shell wall and a ribbed lattice formed on a surface thereof remote from the support surface (12). Certain regions of this ribbed fitting are enclosed by a bending- and/or torsion-resistant profiled element (43) extending in a longitudinal direction substantially between a heel- and a ball-bearing region (32, 33) and secured between block elements (29) and the ribbed fitting by means of clamping and fixing means.

Claims

1. Sports shoe, comprising a shell part made from a plastics material with a cuff pivotably attached to the shell and at least one sole part attached to the shell part, wherein a shell base of the shell part forming a support surface for an inner shoe or foot is provided in the form of an impact- and vibration-damping ribbed fitting consisting of a shell wall and, disposed thereon on a surface remote from the support surface, a ribbed lattice, regions of which are enclosed by a profiled element extending in the longitudinal direction substantially between a heel- and ball-bearing region and fixed between block elements and the ribbed fitting by means of clamping and fixing means.

2. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the block elements overlap with the profiled element at opposite overlap regions, the profiled element being retained in one of the overlap regions so as to be non-displaceable in the longitudinal direction and being longitudinally displaceable between the block elements and the ribbed fitting in the other overlap region.

3. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the block elements have recesses for the profiled element in the clamping surfaces directed towards the ribbed fitting.

4. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein positioning pins are d in the ribbed fitting and project beyond it in order to position the profiled element and the block elements.

5. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profiled element is fixed in the longitudinal direction between the block element and shell base in the heel-bearing region.

6. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profiled element is retained so as to be longitudinally displaceable between the block element and shell base in the ball-bearing region.

7. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profiled element laterally encloses certain regions of the shell base in a substantially U-shaped arrangement.

8. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 4, wherein positioning recesses in the profiled element and in the block elements are provided for the positioning pins.

9. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 8, wherein the positioning recesses in the profiled element are elongate holes extending in the longitudinal direction.

10. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ribbed lattice of the ribbed fitting consists of longitudinal ribs extending in the longitudinal direction and transverse ribs extending perpendicularly thereto.

11. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein a distance between adjacent longitudinal ribs is smaller than a distance between transverse ribs extending perpendicularly thereto.

12. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rib height substantially corresponds to a thickness of the shell wall.

13. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein a thickness of the profiled element is approximately 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm.

14. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profiled element is made from high-strength plastics, a metal alloy, carbon, or sheet steel.

15. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 14, wherein the profiled element is made from titanium-aluminum.

16. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the block elements are fixed to the shell base with the profiled element inserted in between.

17. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein positioning recesses are provided on the shell base for the block elements.

18. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the block elements are made from wear-resistant plastics.

19. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the block elements are provided with an anti-slip coating.

20. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein damping inserts made from impact- and vibration-damping materials are provided between the block elements and the profiled element and/or the shell base.

21. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profiled element has stiffening webs on the surface remote from the shell base.

22. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein stiffening webs are arranged on the profiled element in the form of a web lattice.

23. Sports shoe as claimed in claim 22, wherein a height of the stiffening webs substantially corresponds to the thickness of the profiled element.