Patent ID: 7618053
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
1. A ski boot sole for use with a ski boot binding, the ski boot having a base with a top and a bottom, the binding having a pair of toe holders each rotatable on a longitudinal axis on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a ski on which the binding is mounted and a pair of heel holders rotatable about a transverse axis transverse to a ski on which the binding is mounted, said ski boot sole having a forward toe portion and a rear heel portion, said ski boot sole comprising: a toe exterior insert disposed in the bottom of the ski boot base at the forward toe portion of said boot sole, said toe exterior insert having toe sole holder engaging surfaces for being engaged by a toe holder of a ski binding of a ski to hold the forward toe portion of the ski boot sole in the binding; a heel exterior insert disposed in the bottom portion of the boot sole in the rearward heel portion of the boot sole, said heel exterior insert having a heel holder engaging surface for being engaged by a heel holder of the ski binding of the ski to hold the rearward heel portion of the ski boot sole in the binding; a toe interior insert disposed on the top of the base of the ski boot and operably attached to said toe exterior insert to fix said toe exterior insert and said toe interior insert in place on the ski boot sole; and a heel interior insert disposed on the top of the base of the ski boot and operably attached to said heel exterior insert to fix said heel exterior insert and said heel interior insert in place on the ski boot sole; wherein said toe exterior insert and said heel exterior insert are separated by a fixed dimension regardless of the size of said ski boot sole.