Ski Boots patented by Melvin Dalebout
date: label: date made
content: 1971
name: label: maker
content: DaleBoot
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ski boots made of a magnesium outer shell with metal and plastic clip fasteners. These boots were patented in 1971 by Melvin Dalebout, patent number 3,581,412. They were the first to use an inner boot liner with a bladder to fill with air to form fit the boot to the user. The use of magnesium as a construction material was unique as well. These were made from 1971 to about 1975. Melvin Dalebout founded Daleboot in 1969 and has been an innovator ever since with 14 patents and many conributions to ski technology.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Skiing
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
label: Subject
content: Invention
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Thomas J. Rossa
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0595.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0595.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0595
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0595.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boots, ski
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 13.97 cm x 29.21 cm