BOOT FOR SPORTING ACTIVITIES

Abstract: A boot for sporting activities, characterised by comprising on one side a plurality of aeration through holes (7) forming engagement elements for an appendix (8) of a tractive element (6) fixed to a lever (5) mounted on the other side of the vamp.

Description: BOOT FOR SPORTING ACTIVITIES This invention relates to a boot for sporting activities. Boots for sporting activities, generally for skating, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing etc. are known. They generally comprise a rigid plastic shell provided internally with a padding of spongy material. On its front part the shell is provided with a plurality of fastening members consisting generally of levers rigid with one side of the shell and provided with a tractive strap to be engaged in a suitable pawl-type coupling element provided on the other side of the shell. To facilitate foot transpiration the shell is provided with a plurality of holes enabling the air within the shell to be changed. These known boots have however certain drawbacks, and in particular: - a high cost due to the provision of the coupling element for the tractive member, - the presence of holes which are always open, even in the cold season when foot transpiration is not required, - the impossibility of adjusting this transpiration. According to the invention all these drawbacks are eliminated through a boot for sporting activities as described in claim 1. The present invention is further clarified hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a side view of a boot according to the invention; Figure 2 is a cross-section therethrough on the line ll-ll of Figure 1 ; Figure 3 is a section therethrough on the line Ill-Ill of Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a modified embodiment thereof. As can be seen from the figures, the boot according to the invention comprises substantially a shell 1 to which a leg portion 2 is hinged at the malleoli. The shell internally contains a padding 3 of spongy material. The boot is of the type comprising sides 4 which can be brought together and/or superposed, on one of the sides there being fixed a plurality of levers 5 for pulling corresponding straps 6. A plurality of through holes 7 for aerating the boot interior are provided on the other side of the shell, in correspondence with each lever. Each strap 6 is provided with a flared hooking appendix complementary to the flared shape of the holes 7. The use of the boot according to the invention is apparent from the drawings, from which it can be seen that when the appendix has been inserted into the predetermined hole 7, the pulling lever 5 is operated to pull the sides 4 together. If the extent of tightening is not as desired, it is necessary merely to disengage the lever 5, engage the appendix 8 in another hole 7, and then again operate the lever 5. From the aforegoing it is apparent that the invention has numerous advantages, and in particular. - is of low cost because of the elimination of the pawl-type coupling element provided on one of the vamp sides of traditional boots, - facilitates foot transpiration together with aeration of the shell interior because of the shape of the holes. In the embodiment shown in Figure 4, the strap 6 is removably connected to the lever 5 via a traditional coupling member (not shown on the drawings). This facility for disengaging the strap 6 from the lever 5 enables the strap 6 to be replaced during the cold season with a strap of greater length and width, such that when it is engaged in one of the shell holes 7 it covers all the other holes.

Claims: C L A I M S 1. A boot for sporting activities, characterised by comprising on one side a plurality of aeration through holes (7) forming engagement elements for an appendix (8) of a tractive element (6) fixed to a lever (5) mounted on the other side of the vamp. 2. A boot as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that the appendix (8) is of flared shape. 3. A boot as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that the shape of the holes (7) conforms to the flared shape of the appendix (7). 4. A boot as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that the tractive element is a strap (6). 5. A boot as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that the strap (6) is removably connected to the lever. 6. A boot as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that the dimensions of the strap are such that it covers all the holes.

Inventors: MIOTTO ONORIO, MIOTTO, ONORIO
Applicants: AM SRL, MIOTTO ONORIO, AM S.R.L., MIOTTO, ONORIO
Application year: 1996
Main classification: A43B7
IPC codes: A43B5, A43B7