Patent ID: 7444769
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
1. A telemark ski boot system comprising: a shell shaped to substantially enclose an internal region corresponding to the shape of a human foot, wherein the shell includes an interior and exterior surface, and wherein the interior surface includes a footbed within the internal region, and wherein the shell includes a metatarsal region corresponding to the lengthwise region at which the metatarsal bones of an enclosed human foot are disposed, and wherein the exterior surface includes a shell bottom externally corresponding to the location of the footbed, and wherein the exterior surface further includes an upper pivot region opposite the shell bottom and configured to enable a heel region of the shell to pivot about the metatarsal region; a sole coupled to the shell bottom having a bottom sole surface, wherein the bottom sole surface is the lowest elevational surface of the telemark ski boot system when oriented in an upright configuration corresponding to an anatomical upright human oriented leg and foot, and wherein the bottom sole surface includes a footprint corresponding to the two dimensional perimeter of the bottom sole surface; and a binding interface system coupled to the shell bottom at a lengthwise location corresponding to the metatarsal region, wherein binding interface system is contained between the footbed and the bottom sole surface, and wherein the binding interface system is contained within the footprint of the bottom sole surface, and wherein the binding interface system includes a shell coupling system and a binding rotational coupling system, wherein the binding rotational coupling system includes two rotatable couplers disposed relative to the sole and shell to enable direct lateral access.