Patent ID: 6622402
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A sports boot, especially a ski boot, comprising:a shell base and an upper overlying said shell base, said upper having a front portion and a rear portion made in one or more pieces, said rear portion of the upper being at least partially pivotal in relation to the shell base and comprising a device for locking and unlocking with respect to the shell base, which is active in a front-to-rear direction of pivoting of the rear portion of the upper, and which comprises an abutment zone provided in the rear portion of the upper, and by an oscillating lever forming a rocker, journalled on an axis, arranged on the rear portion of the shell base, substantially perpendicular to a vertical median plane and capable of cooperating in locking with the abutment, under the action of a control member accessible from outside the boot, acting against a return spring of said lever, the locking position of the latter corresponding to an initial reference advance position, from which the upper is adapted to move angularly along a predetermined amplitude in relation to the shell base, wherein the control member of the oscillating lever forming a rocker, adapted to cooperate in locking with the abutment, is located in the rear fitting zone of the boot so as to be biased by the rear binding of an element to be fitted, and is controllably connected to said lever, located at a distance, in a zone separate from the fitting zone, by means of a cable pulling on the lever during the fitting of the boot in order to cause its rotation toward the abutment of the upper, and consequently its automatic locking or, conversely, to cause its unlocking by releasing said control member during the removal of the boot, consequently causing the return of the cable by means of at least one elastic return member.