Patent ID: 6283494
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
An assembly of a sports boot adapted to be associated to a glide board for snowboarding, and a binding device for securing the sports boot on the glide board, the assembly comprising:a binding device including a base, the base comprising a pair of laterally spaced side walls, and a relatively rigid rear support spoiler connected to a rear portion of the base; anda sports boot having a relatively flexible upper capable of cooperating with the rear support spoiler, the upper extending along a longitudinal vertical plane, the upper comprising an arrangement that distributes the pressure exerted on the lower part of the leg of the user when the upper takes support on the spoiler, such arrangement comprising a relatively rigid pressure distribution plate attached in a more flexible rearmost zone of the upper and covering at least a rearmost point of the flexible zone of the upper, the rearmost point being positioned within the longitudinal vertical plane, the pressure distribution plate being positioned substantially entirely above an ankle area of the upper and being isolated from all rigid parts of the boot, so as to retain the flexibility of the upper.