Patent ID: 9326563
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A43B

Claim Text:
1. A base for a ski boot comprising a one-piece sole defining heel and toe portions that is adapted to be secured to one or more outsole elements and that has a fiber-reinforced composite structure comprising a laminate having a plurality of fibers encapsulated in a matrix defining a plurality of layers, wherein a majority of the fibers in at least a mid-section of the sole between the heel and toe portions are angled at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the sole; wherein the majority of the fibers in the mid-section of the sole are angled at an acute angle of substantially ±45°±10° to the longitudinal axis of the sole and are disposed in a first plurality of layers, and further wherein substantially the remainder of the fibers in the mid-section of the sole are either angled within ±20° of parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sole or are angled at 90°±20° to the longitudinal axis of the sole and are in one or more layers disposed between layers of the first plurality of layers.