Patent ID: 6065228
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A sports boot that is convertible to adapt to use with a plurality of gliding devices for practicing a plurality of gliding sports, said boot comprising:an external sole;a shell base extending upwardly from said sole;an upper extending upwardly from said shell base, said upper including an opening for allowing passage of a foot of a wearer of the boot;said external sole including:an irremovable base affixed to said shell base, said base having front and rear vertical retention zones adapted to cooperate with fastening members of a boot binding device;a plurality of sets of front and rear sole portions adapted to be secured to said sole base, each set of said plurality of sets forming bottom support surfaces of the boot on any of the gliding devices, each set of said plurality of sets being distinct, interchangeable, and complementary to said sole base;said front and rear sole portions of each of said plurality of sets constituting a front end and a rear end, respectively, of said external sole;said front and rear sole portions of each of said plurality of sets having shapes and sizes capable of conforming, with respect to said front and rear retention zones of said irremovable base, and together with said irremovable base, said external sole to a binding standard selected from among a plurality of binding standards, corresponding to one of said gliding sports.