Patent ID: 6460274
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
Footwear part of a boot or of equipment involving a footwear component, particularly one which can be used for taking part in a sport, characterized in that it comprises:a structural part (2) formed by (i) a rigid sole (10), (ii) an enclosing edge (11) integral with the front part of this sole (10) and shaped so as to cover the front part of the user's foot and at least one of the lateral parts of this foot, substantially at the instep, and (iii) a sleeve part (12) integral with the rear part of this sole (10) and shaped so as to enclose the ankle and the lower leg of the user, this sleeve part (12) being separate from said edge (11) and having walls offset toward the inside of the sole (10) relative to the wall of the edge (11), in such a manner that there are, on either side of this structural part (2), two slots (20) oriented substantially in a longitudinal direction, each delimited by the wall of the edge (11) and the wall of the sleeve part (12), and an upper (3) made from flexible or semi-flexible material capable of being engaged in said slots (20), this upper (3) being shaped so as to be engaged inside the space delimited by said edge (11) and to be fixed to this edge (11), and so as to be engaged around said sleeve part (12), which it at least partially covers.