Patent ID: 7931292

Claim:
A sole for a cross-country ski boot, said sole comprising: two connecting members for connecting the sole to a binding device; material of the sole, the two connecting members being anchored to the material of the sole; each of the two connecting members further comprising anchoring portions anchoring the two connecting members in the material of the sole at respective positions along a length of the sole to allow a rear end of the sole to be raised and lowered relative to the ski during skiing when the connecting members are connected to the binding device; an anchoring element, both of the two connecting members extending from the anchoring element, the anchoring element being distinct from but affixed to the material of the sole at a predetermined section of the sole; the anchoring element comprising two anchoring zones, each of the anchoring portions of the two connecting members being fixed to a respective one of the two anchoring zones of the anchoring element; the anchoring element further comprising a central zone, the central zone of the anchoring element extending between the two anchoring zones, the central zone of the anchoring element being flexible and sufficiently flexible relative to a flexibility of the material of the sole to enable a flexing of the predetermined section of the sole to which the anchoring element is affixed.