Claims
- 1. Winter sport equipment to be worn on the feet of a user which permits gliding or skating steps of varying degrees of complexity, said equipment comprising:
- a pair of sole plates, each sole plate having two gliding edges along sides thereof, said gliding edges including hard-wearing material for maintaining said edges, each sole plate having a width which increases from a toe end to substantially a part for the ball of a foot and which width remains substantially the same from said ball part to a heel end, each sole plate having an underside which includes a walking surface which slopes upwardly from a generally flat standing surface substantially from the part for the ball of the foot to the toe end;
- wherein each sole plate is constructed as a unitary plate, having virtually straight side edges along the flat standing surface, said side edges for providing control of said equipment during use, and wherein the entire portion of the sole plate behind the part of the region for the ball of the foot is generally flat; and
- wherein means are included for removably connecting each sole plate with an upper portion of a boot, said sole plate and boot upper portion forming an integral structure for gliding and skating.
- 2. Winter sport equipment to be worn on the feet of a user which permits gliding or skating steps of varying degrees of complexity, said equipment comprising:
- a pair of sole plates, each sole plate having two gliding edges along sides thereof, said gliding edges including metallic inserts for maintaining said edges, each sole plate having a width which increases from a toe and to substantially a part for the ball of a foot and which width remains substantially the same from said ball part to a heel end, each sole plate having an underside which includes a walking surface which slopes upwardly from a generally flat standing surface substantially from the part for the ball of the foot to the toe end;
- wherein each sole plate is constructed as a unitary plate, having virtually straight side edges along the flat standing surface, said side edges for providing control of said equipment during use, and wherein the entire portion of the sole plate behind the part of the region for the ball of the foot is generally flat; and
- wherein means are included for removably connecting each sole plate with an upper portion of a boot, said sole plate and boot upper portion forming an integral structure for gliding and skating.
- 3. Winter sport equipment to be worn on the feet of a user which permits gliding or skating steps of varying degrees of complexity, said equipment comprising:
- a pair of sole plates, each sole plate having two gliding edges along sides thereof, each sole plate having a width which increases from a toe end to substantially a part for the ball of a foot and which width remains substantially the same from said ball part to a heel end, each sole plate having an underside which includes a walking surface which slopes upwardly from a generally flat standing surface substantially from the part for the ball of the foot to the toe end;
- wherein each sole plate is constructed as a unitary plate, having virtually straight side edges along the flat standing surface, said side edges for providing control of said equipment during use, and wherein the entire portion of the sole plate behind the part of the region for the ball of the foot is generally flat except for a shallow channel along the longitudinal axis of the sole plate; and
- wherein means are included for removably connecting each sole plate with an upper portion of a boot, said sole plate and boot upper portion forming an integral structure for gliding and skating.
- 4. Winter sport equipment to be worn on the feet of a user which permits gliding or skating steps of varying degrees of complexity, said equipment comprising:
- a pair of sole plates, each sole plate having two gliding edges along sides thereof, each sole plate having a width which increases from a toe end to substantially a part for the ball of a foot and which width remains substantially the same from said ball part to a heel end, each sole plate having an underside which includes a walking surface which slopes upwardly from a generally flat standing surface substantially from the part for the ball of the foot to the toe end;
- wherein each sole plate is constructed as a unitary plate, having virtually straight side edges along the flat standing surface, said side edges for providing control of said equipment during use, and wherein the entire portion of the sole plate behind the part of the region for the ball of the foot is generally flat; and
- wherein means are included for removably connecting each sole plate with an upper portion of a boot, said sole plate having an upwardly extending portion at the toe end, said portion having a shoulder, for interfitting with a corresponding portion of said boot upper portion, said sole plate and boot upper portion forming an integral structure for gliding and skating.
- 5. In winter sport equipment to be worn on the feet of a user which permits walking, gliding and skating steps of varying degrees of complexity having an upper portion in the form of a top of a boot and a gliding portion removably attachable to said boot top portion, the improvement comprising:
- that said removable gliding portion is in the form of a plate-like sole for said boot top portion having a width which increases from a toe end to substantially a part for the ball of a foot, the width of said sole remaining substantially the same from said ball part to a heel end, said sole having an underside which includes a walking surface which slopes upwardly from a generally flat standing surface substantially from the part for the ball of the foot to the toe end; and
- that said sole has side edges along the flat standing surface whereby the shape of the toe end of a combined top boot portion and sole enables walking, whereby said flat standing surfaces enables standing, skating and gliding and whereby said edges enable turning and ski-like movement.
- 6. Winter sport equipment to be worn on the feet of a user which permits gliding or skating steps of varying degrees of complexity, said equipment comprising:
- a pair of sole plates, each sole plate having two gliding edges along sides thereof, each sole plate having a width which increases from a toe end to substantially a part for the ball of a foot and which width remains substantially the same from said ball part to a heel end, each sole plate having an underside which includes a walking surface which slopes upwardly from a generally flat standing surface substantially from the part for the ball of the foot to the toe end;
- wherein each sole plate is constructed as a unitary plate, having virtually straight side edges along the flat standing surface, said side edges for providing control of said equipment during use, and wherein the entire portion of the sole plate behind the part of the region for the ball of the foot is generally flat; and
- wherein each sole plate is fixedly connected with an upper portion of a boot, said sole plate and boot upper portion forming an integral structure for gliding or skating.
- 7. Winter sport equipment to be worn on the feet of a user which permits gliding or skating steps of varying degrees of complexity, said equipment comprising:
- a pair of sole plates, each sole plate having two gliding edges along sides thereof, each sole plate having a width which increases from a toe end to substantially a part for the ball of a foot and which width remains substantially the same from said ball part to a heel end, each sole plate having an underside which includes a walking surface which slopes upwardly from a generally flat standing surface substantially from the part for the ball of the foot to the toe end;
- wherein each sole plate is constructed as a unitary plate, having virtually straight side edges along the flat standing surface, said side edges for providing control of said equipment during use, and wherein the entire portion of the sole plate behind the part of the region for the ball of the foot is generally flat; and
- wherein means are included for removably connecting each sole plate with an upper portion of a boot, said sole plate and boot upper portion forming an integral structure for gliding and skating.
- 8. The winter sport equipment of claim 6 or claim 7 wherein the edges of each sole plate along the flat standing surface are substantially parallel to each other.
- 9. Winter sport equipment to be worn on the feet of a user which permits gliding or skating steps of varying degrees of complexity, said equipment comprising:
- a pair of sole plates, each sole plate having two gliding edges along sides thereof, each sole plate having a width which increases from a toe end to a part for the ball of a foot and which width remains the same from said ball part to a heel end, each sole plate having an underside which includes a walking surface which slopes upwardly from a generally flat standing surface from the part for the ball of the foot to the toe end; and
- wherein each sole plate is constructed as a unitary plate, having virtually straight edges and wherein the entire portion of the sole plate behind the part of the region for the ball of the foot is generally flat;
- wherein each sole plate is fixedly connected with the upper portion of a boot, said upper portion of said boot including a foot bed having a shape defined by a large number of parallel vertical cross-ribs extending upwardly from the sole plate, said cross-ribs being connected with each other and forming a removable, interchangeable insert.
- 10. Winter sport equipment in accordance with claim 6 or claim 7, wherein gliding profiles made of hard-wearing material are fitted along the gliding edges and extend forward from the heel end beyond the part for the ball of the foot.
- 11. Winter sport equipment in accordance with claim 6 or claim 7, wherein the underside of each of the sole plates includes at least one longitudinal groove extending over the standing surface and walking surface.
- 12. Winter sport equipment in accordance with claim 6 or claim 7, wherein the underside of each of the sole plates has a scaly and/or ribbed texture.
- 13. Winter sport equipment in accordance with claim 6 or claim 7, wherein at least one heel-brake skid is included which is set higher than the standing surface and projects backward beyond it.
- 14. Winter sport equipment in accordance with claim 6 or claim 7, wherein a spade tip is included which projects forward beyond the toe end.
- 15. Winter sport equipment in accordance with claim 6 or claim 7, wherein said upper portion of said boot includes a foot bed having a shape defined by a large number of parallel vertical cross-ribs extending upwardly from the sole plate.
- 16. Winter sport equipment in accordance with claim 7, wherein a number of vertical cross-ribs form part of a one-piece moulding with the sole plate, each of which grips two of the insert's cross-ribs.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 453,670, filed Dec. 20, 1989, now abandoned.
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