Claims
- 1. Ski boot comprising a shell, a front quarter, and a rear quarter, said rear quarter comprising at least a first half-quarter arranged at a calf region of the ski boot and a second half-quarter arranged at a heel region of the ski boot, the ski boot further comprising connection means for connecting the front quarter to the shell, the ski boot further comprising first means for articulating said second half-quarter to said shell about a first axis and second means for articulating said first half-quarter to said second half-quarter about a second axis, the ski boot further comprising adjusting means for adjusting the releasable mutual relative position of said first and second half-quarters in a closed skiing position and for adjusting the releasable mutual relative position of said rear quarter with respect to said front quarter in the closed skiing position, said adjusting means allowing for unblocked rotation of said second half-quarter with respect to said shell in the closed skiing position said adjusting means comprising a first lever pivoted to said front quarter and a first cable element which is connected to said first lever, said first cable element slidably engaging said front quarter at a foot instep region of the boot and extending laterally around the ski boot and rearwardly around said second half-quarter at the heel region, the first cable element having an end connected laterally to said front quarter.
- 2. The ski boot according to claim 1, wherein said first articulating means comprise a first pair of lateral pivots and said second articulating means comprise a second pair of lateral pivots.
- 3. The ski boot according to claim 1, wherein said first articulating means comprise a first pair of lateral pivots and said second articulating means comprise a second pair of lateral pivots, said front quarter being provided with a first pair of slots in which said first pair of lateral pivots are slidably accommodated.
- 4. The ski boot according to claim 1, wherein said first articulating means comprise a first pair of lateral pivots and said second articulating means comprise a second pair of lateral pivots, said front quarter being provided with a first pair of slots in which said first pair of lateral pivots are slidably accommodated, said shell being provided with a second pair of slots and said front quarter being provided with a pair of lateral holes, the ski boot further comprising a third pair of lateral pivots accommodated in said lateral holes and slidably accommodated in said second pair of slots.
- 5. The ski boot according to claim 1, wherein said adjusting means comprise at least one traction element interconnected between said first half-quarter and said front quarter of the ski boot.
- 6. The ski boot according to claim 1, wherein said adjusting means further comprise a second lever pivoted rearwardly to said first half-quarter and a second cable element interconnected between said first half-quarter and said front quarter.
- 7. The ski boot according to claim 1, wherein said front quarter comprises a lower third half-quarter and an upper fourth half-quarter, the fourth half-quarter being pivotally connected to said third half-quarter about a transverse axis.
- 8. The ski boot according to claim 1, wherein said connection means are means for articulating said front quarter to said shell.
Priority Claims (2)
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TV91 A 000071 |
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TV91 A 000120 |
Nov 1991 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 07/903,204 filed on Jun. 23, 1992, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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