Patent ID: 8181366
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A ski boot adapted for ski mountaineering, said boot comprising a shell; a sole; a leg portion, said shell being provided with a first cut extending longitudinally toward a toe portion of the ski boot and defining two sides laterally spaced one from the other and defining a foot entry aperture, and at least one second cut defining a cavity in said shell that extends laterally from said first cut; a stiffening plate coupled to said shell and positioned to substantially cover said at least one second cut and to partially overlap said first cut, said stiffening plate being provided with a longitudinal slot overlapping a hole in the toe portion, and a rotatable peg inserted through said longitudinal slot and said hole, said rotatable peg having a head of substantially parallelepiped shape of a length corresponding to a distance between two stop appendices provided on an outer surface of the plate on opposite sides of said longitudinal slot, wherein flexing of a foot of a skier is prevented when said head is aligned longitudinally between said two stop appendices, and wherein the flexing of the foot is enabled when the rotatable peg translates within the longitudinal slot such that the head is disposed laterally from said two stop appendices.