Patent ID: 6938362

Claim:
A reinforcement for a sports boot, adapted to cooperate with a sports apparatus, said reinforcement at least comprising: a front zone A located on both sides of a line corresponding to an area of a metatarsophalangeal joint of a foot of a wearer, said front zone A extending from a front end of the reinforcement up to a beginning of a plantar arch area of the wearer; a median zone B corresponding to the plantar arch area of the wearer; a rear zone C corresponding to a heel of the wearer, said rear zone C starting from an end of the plantar arch area and ending at a rear end of said reinforcement; at least in the zones B and C, said reinforcement including at least one “sandwich” structure comprising at least one core inserted between at least two layers; and in the zone A, said reinforcement is flexible in a substantially longitudinal direction.