Patent ID: 8794105

Claim:
A connecting device for connecting a shoe to an element of a sports article, said connecting device comprising: attachment members of the sports article element; attachment members of an outsole of the shoe; the attachment members of the sports article element having shapes complementary to shapes of the attachment members of the outsole of the shoe; the shape of the attachment members of the outsole of the shoe comprising alternating recesses structured and arranged to be set back with respect to an outer envelope surface of the outsole of the shoe; the outsole of the shoe further comprising: a blocking structure configured and arranged to block forward sliding movement of the shoe in relation to the sports article element at a definitive longitudinal position in relation to the sports article element; a guiding structure configured and arranged to guide the shoe to a definitive transverse position in relation to the sports article during said forward movement; the guiding structure including a pair of abutments transversely spaced apart and on opposite respective sides of a longitudinal axis of the outsole; the pair of abutments having respective shoe-guiding surfaces extending in a direction that is both rearward and toward the longitudinal axis of the outsole to guide the shoe to the definitive transverse position during said forward sliding movement of the shoe.