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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7963049 | Snowboard boot In a snowboard boot having a soft inner shoe and a soft outer shoe, a tension member connected to the sole of the outer shoe is provided which is guided on the inner side of the outer shoe from one side over the inner shoe to a turning point connected to the sole on... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7836612 | Ski boot A ski boot is provided that includes an outer shell, an inner liner disposed within the outer shell and a functional shoe insertable into and removable from the inner liner by means of a rearforward to forward manner. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7428789 | Sports shoe for running or cross-country skiing The invention relates to a sports boot (1) for walking or cross-country skiing, with a flexible shaft (2) receiving the foot, and a reinforcement (5) surrounding the shaft (2) on its external side by sections and being connected with the ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7386947 | Snowboard boot with liner harness A boot, such as a snowboard boot, having an outer shell including a flexible upper and a harness assembly disposed in the outer shell. The harness assembly wraps about a user's ankle, includes a plurality of cord keepers. A cord—for example, a lace or a stainless ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377058 | Sports boot A sports boot comprising an outer shell and an inner boot, with at least one opening in the outer shell and at least one projection on the inner boot assigned to each opening, where the opening(s) and the projection(s) serve to produce a positive fit connection betw... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363765 | Article of footwear with temperature regulation means Article of footwear includes a sole, an insole overlying the sole, the insole having in a surface thereof a groove having an inlet and outlet in an edge of the insole, the groove winding substantially throughout the length and width of the insole upper surface. A tu... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7325813 | Skate boot A skate boot for receiving the foot, the ankle and adjacent leg section of an intended user. The skate boot includes an upper. The upper defines a dorsal upper section and a substantially opposed plantar upper section, a rear upper section extending outwardly from a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320190 | Article of footwear having an at least partially composite structure An article of footwear comprises a shell (10) and preferably also a leg piece (20), and features, at least at some portions thereof that do not include the sole (15), a composite structure formed of two layers (30, 40; 30A, 40A) th... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7293372 | Footwear upper with flexible collar assembly A footwear upper having a collar assembly that is joined at its forward edge to the lower portion of the upper by a flexible region of material so that the collar may flex forward and rearward in relation to the lower portion of the upper. In one aspect of the inven... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7210252 | Step-in snowboard binding and boot therefor A three point step-in snowboard binding includes medial and lateral binding pin engagers that interact with corresponding pins in a boot. The binding latches the boot after the snowboarder steps into the binding, and remains latched until a release control is actuat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7168188 | Article footwear with removable heel pad An article of footwear includes a sole assembly, an upper secured to the sole assembly, a heel counter secured to the upper, and a heel pad removably attached to an inner surface of the heel counter. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152342 | Reversed kinetic system for shoe sole A reversed kinetic system for the sole of a shoe includes at least one energy absorber including a plurality of kinetic damping elements for absorbing shock energy and at least one elastically deformable expansion chamber surrounding the at least one energy absorber... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140128 | Work boot with anatomical tongue A work boot has an anatomical tongue that is asymmetrical about a longitudinal line of the tongue extending vertically upward from a mind-point of a bottom of said tongue. The tongue contains memory foam and shapes itself to a particular user. The memory foam causes... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7086181 | Article of footwear An article of footwear of the type that includes upper, an outer sole, and the following elements, listed from the inside toward the outside of the article of footwear: a comfort liner; a frame for holding the foot and for transmitting forces, made of a substantiall... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077403 | Highback with independent forward lean adjustment A highback for controlling a gliding board, such as a snowboard, through leg movement of a rider. The highback is comprised of an upright support member including at least two portions that are to be contacted by and to support a rear portion of the rider's leg and ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051459 | Insulated lightweight pack boot A lightweight cold and wet weather pack boot comprising an outer boot including an upper boot with an exterior material layer constructed of waterproofing coated polyester, an interior layer of oxford nylon with insulation batting between the exterior and interior l... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040042 | Ski boot An alpine ski boot is provided that consists of a rigid sole and a shell-less substantially flexible upper portion that is attached to the sole. The boot is secured to the wearer's foot by laces or buckles. The boot is further secured to the wearer's mid-foot area b... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7010823 | Removable liner and inflatable bladder for snowboard boots and method of manufacture An inflatable liner for a boot, such as a snowboard boot. An oily chalk like substance consisting of 90% sweet starch, 9% lubricant, and 1% stearate is included between two sheets of plastic that make up bladder of the liner. The bladder is attached to the EVA of th... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7003904 | Boots with step-in and step-out, e.g. sports boots, in particular ski boots The combination of a boot having a boot shell with a heel region and a step-in step-out aid having an elevated position and an inserted position cooperating with the boot shell, wherein the aid is at least one elongated heel wedge displaceably mounted in the heel re... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994532 | Method and apparatus for pressure molding multi-layer footwear The present invention proposes an apparatus for pressure molding multi-layer footwear for use in the field of sport footwear. The apparatus for pressure molding multi-layer footwear has two pressure forming receptacles, each having an inflatable vessel therein. The ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6938360 | Athletic shoe with inflatable tongue An athletic shoe having an inflatable tongue which can be slightly deflated or inflated after lacing up or otherwise closing the shoe to conform to the user's foot and the lacing to provide a more comfortable fit of the shoe. The tongue includes an inner bladder of ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935054 | Snowboard boot with removable ankle supports A snowboard boot (200) includes an upper boot (204) secured to an outsole (206). The boot upper includes a vamp opening (208) that is closed by a tongue (210) and a selectively securable vamp fastener (216). The tongue (2... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6922919 | Sport footwear component construction A footbed for sport footwear made of a shell, which defines the general shape of the footwear. The footbed has a sole portion and a padding wall for partially separating the sides and back of a wearer's foot from the shell. The padding wall partially cups the wearer... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6860035 | Tightening device for footwear, and an article of footwear incorporating such tightening device A tightening device adapted to equip an article of footwear, which makes it possible to hold the foot laterally, while distributing on the foot the pressure generated by the tightening device. The tightening device includes an upper flap that partially covers a lowe... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6792702 | Inner tightening mechanism for footwear and footware incorporating such tightening mechanism An inner tightening mechanism adapted to equip an article of footwear having a flexible or semi-rigid upper, and an article of footwear incorporating such tightening mechanism. The inner tightening mechanism includes a retention band that is connected to the inner s... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6766599 | Removable liner and inflatable bladder for snowboard boots and method of manufacture An inflatable liner for a boot, such as a snowboard boot. An oily chalk like substance consisting of 90% sweet starch, 9% lubricant, and 1% stearate is included between two sheets of plastic that make up bladder of the liner. The bladder is attached to the EVA of th... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6748676 | Sport footwear component construction A footbed for sport footwear made of a shell, which defines the general shape of the footwear. The footbed has a sole portion and a padding wall for partially separating the sides and back of a wearer's foot from the shell. The padding wall partially cups the wearer... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6739077 | Sports footwear with improved flexibility In a sports footwear that comprises also a rigid reinforcement structure (200), a shoe (100) of soft, flexiable material comprises two superimposed sub-assemblies (110, 150). The upper sub-assembly (150) slides, jointly with a leg-portion... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6655050 | Snowboard boot with inflatable bladders The snowboarding boot of the invention includes a boot shell having a toe portion, a heel portion, an ankle portion, and a top portion. In the preferred embodiment, a selectively inflatable bladder is disposed at each of these portions to allow the user o... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6594920 | Ski boot with variable volume shell The top of the shell (2) made of molded plastic forms part of a flexible upper (1) in which a longitudinal opening line (9) forming a flap (12) is formed. The front lateral side of this flap is connected to the upper by an extensible elastic part (15). Go... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6499233 | Sport footwear construction A footwear is disclosed which comprises a molded shell for supporting and at least partially enclosing a wearer's foot. The shell has an inner side, an outer side, a sole portion covering the bottom area of the wearer's foot, lateral and medial quarters p... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6467192 | Method and apparatus for functionally covering footwear of various sizes and shapes A method and apparatus for functionally covering footwear of various sizes and shapes is provided. In one embodiment an overshoe, having an upper portion with an inside portion and a heel portion is provided. A first inwardly protruding deformable absorbe... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6457265 | Sport boot A boot has a rigid core (1, 2) consisting, in some areas, of the inside surface of the boot into which a liner is received and of an envelope of supple material (11, 12) covering the rigid core, and making up the inside surface of the boot in the areas wh... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6442875 | Footwear A boot comprising a sole with an upper which includes an asymmetrical medial and lateral quarter. Strategically located pads are provided on the inner of the upper on opposite sides of the metatarsal in the vamp area and around the ankle. Flexible compres... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6442873 | Boot with strapping to restrain movement of foot A boot comprises an upper, an outsole affixed to the upper, and an insole affixed within the boot. The upper includes a vamp, a counter, and a shaft. A flexible but substantially inelastic liner is affixed to the insole and to the upper, to and around an ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6427362 | Boot with strapping to restrain movement of foot A boot comprises an upper, an outsole affixed to the upper, and an insole affixed within the boot. The upper includes a vamp, a counter, and a shaft. A flexible but substantially inelastic liner is affixed to the insole and to the upper, to and around an ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6237254 | Boot with strapping to restrain movement of foot A boot comprises an upper, an outsole affixed to the upper, and an insole affixed within the boot. The upper includes a vamp, a counter, and a shaft. A flexible but substantially inelastic liner is affixed to the insole and to the upper, to and around an ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6233848 | Sports boot having a rigid frame and cover Boot of the type including a rigid frame including of at least one rigid sole portion and a heel reinforcement affixed to the sole, and including an upper that is at least partially flexible, wherein it includes a part forming a cover that takes the shape... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6230423 | Heat moldable boot liner A heat moldable boot liner has an upper portion extending upwardly from a foot portion, which has a pair of flaps extending along the foot portion, the flaps being adjustable to bring one of the flaps into overlapping relationship relative to the other of... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6189172 | Removable liner and inflatable bladder for snowboard boots and method of manufacture A removable snowboard boot liner made from Ethyl Vinyl Acetate with an air bladder attached therein and a method of mass producing such liners. An oily chalk like substance consisting of 90% sweet starch, 9% lubricant and 1% stearate is included between t... | 02/20/2001 |
