Patent ID: 6010138
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
Apparatus for use with a gliding board that includesa shoe having a flexible upper that encloses the foot and lower part of a wearer's leg to encompass the Achilles tendon region and a sole having flexible front and rear portions mounted upon the bottom of the upper, said sole having an arch region in the mid-section of the sole,a binding mounted upon a gliding board for receiving said shoe that includes a rigid rear piece that extends upwardly along the Achilles tendon region of the shoe,a rigid attachment element mounted on the mid section of the shoe sole said attachment element extending in its entirety in the arch portion of the shoe for interacting with complementary means on said binding to secure the shoe to the binding,said shoe further including a frame having a rigid stirrup piece that passes under the arch section of the sole and engages the attaching piece, said stirrup piece having a pair of branches that rise upwardly to either side of the shoe that are cojoined at the back of the shoe above a wearer's calcaneus region, andsecuring means for joining the branches of the stirrup that pass over the instep of the shoe.