Patent ID: 6174212
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A water ski boot adapted to be mounted on a water ski by an anchoring plate which has upper and lower major walls opposite to each other in a first transverse direction, the upper major wall provided with fore and aft parts opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, each of the fore and aft parts having left and right lateral anchoring portions opposite to each other in a second transverse direction which is both transverse to the first transverse direction and the longitudinal direction, the water ski boot comprising:a sole with toe and heel portions adapted to be disposed on the fore and aft parts respectively and opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction;an upper includinga molded instep part made of a flexible material and havingan instep contacting portion with left and right fore clamped edges opposite to each other in the second transverse direction and adapted to engage with the corresponding left and right lateral anchoring portions of the fore part so as to secure said toe portion on the fore part, anda front adjusting half extending from said instep contacting portion uprightly and rearwardly to form a contour adapted to be wrapped around a fore part of a user's lower leg; anda molded ankle part space apart from said molded instep part in the longitudinal direction and havingan ankle contacting portion with left and right aft clamped edges adapted to engage with the corresponding left and right lateral anchoring portions of the aft part so as to secure said heel portion of said sole on the aft part of the anchoring plate, anda rear adjusting half extending from said ankle contacting portion upwardly and forwardly so as to form a contour adapted to be wrapped around a rear part of the user's lower leg;left and right fore flap members made of a material more rigid than said flexible material and respectively havingleft and right fore clamping edges to clamp said left and right fore clamped edges respectively down on said left and right lateral anchoring portions of the fore part, andleft and right strapped ends respectively extending from said left and right clamping edges uprightly and toward each other in said second transverse direction;a first strap member disposed to tighten said left strapped end to said right strapped end along said second transverse direction to depress said instep contacting portion so as to render said instep contacting portion to fit snugly the user's instep;left and right aft flap members made of a material more rigid than said flexible material and respectively havingleft and right aft clamping edges to clamp said left and right aft clamped edges respectively down on said left and right lateral anchoring portions of the aft part, andleft and right strapped ends respectively extending from said left and right clamping edges upwardly and towards each other in said second transverse direction;a rear adjusting half pushing portion interconnecting and integrally formed with said left and right aft strapped ends so as to surround said front and rear adjusting halves in a surrounded state, said rear adjusting half pushing portion being spaced apart from said heel portion in the first transverse direction such that when said front and rear adjusting halves are in said surrounded state, said ankle contacting portion is exposed rearwardly and outwardly of said rear adjusting half pushing portion; anda second strap member disposed to tighten said left aft strapped end to said right aft strapped end when said front and rear adjusting halves are in a surrounded state so as to bring said front and rear adjusting halves to move towards each other thereby rendering said front and rear adjusting halves to fit snugly and respectively the fore and rear parts of the user's leg.