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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406782 | Set comprising two articulated boots having different mechanical properties A footwear designed for a plurality of sports for protecting a user's feet and legs includes a first rigid shell defining a body (2) adapted to receive a user's foot and extending along an elongation direction (8); a second rigid shell defining an uppe... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7182347 | Multi-hinged skate and methods for construction of the same An improved hinge system for pivotally coupling a skate lower portion to a skate upper cuff. The multi-hinge design incorporates a four link chain mechanism that greatly increases the number of design options for a hinged boot. The pivot axis defined by the four lin... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6453580 | Cross-country ski boot A cross-country ski boot having a collar that is pivotally mounted by journals on an upper, and a device for retaining the collar that is active from a angular position and only in the front-to-rear direction by means of a fixed abutment located on the up... | 09/24/2002 |
| 5175949 | Ski boot with selective tensioning device An upper shaft part of the ski boot is pivotable on a lower shaft part about an axis (20) from a standing position, which runs approximately at right angles to the sole (14), into a forwardly inclined rest position which corresponds to the skiing position... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5163238 | Downhill ski boot A ski boot, preferably of the rear-entry type, including an upper portion selectively movable between an open position and a closed position. A control element, such as a cable, is included which can be associated with an arrangement for maintaining the f... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4905385 | Alpine ski boot An alpine ski boot includes a rigid shell base for receiving the foot of the skier, the base having a heel region and a instep region. An upper is journalled on the base for pivotal movement about a journal axis, the upper having a shoulder thereon cooper... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4903417 | Apline ski boot having an upper partially or totally journalled on a shell base An alpine ski boot has an cuff mounted on a shell base for forward and rearward pivotal movement about a transverse axis. An element is mounted on the cuff in frictional engagement with an element mounted on the shell base so that the elements move relati... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4769929 | Rear-entry ski boot with a closure and flexibility adjustment device The present invention relates to a rear-entry ski boot with a closure and flexibility adjustment device which includes a shell to which a rear quarter and a front quarter, mutually closeable on each other, are pivotably coupled. The peculiarity of the inv... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4735004 | Self-closing ski boot This shell-type ski-boot comprising a lower portion molded integrally with the sole and an upper made of a front quarter and a rear quarter pivotally interconnected and fulcrumed on the lower portion, is proveded with a telescopic traction device adapted ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4712315 | Ski boot Device for controlling the flexion stiffness of a ski boot comprising a shell base (1) and an upper composed at least of a cuff (3). The device comprises a flexion element (9) arranged in a longitudinal direction between the shell base (1) and the cuff (3... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4709491 | Alpine ski boot A ski boot including an upper journalled around a transverse axis on a rigid shell base. Also provided is an apparatus for determining the advancement angle of the upper, that is the angle which the upper forms with a vertical axis when at rest. In additi... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4696117 | Spring structure for ski boot A spring structure for a ski boot includes a leaf spring element overlying the instep and shin cuff elements of the boot. The spring is affixed at its lower end to the toe element, hingedly mounted at an intermediate portion to a hinge pin affixed to the ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4669202 | Ski boot A ski boot has a base element forming sole, toe and instep portions and which mounts a shin cuff element, a calf cuff element, and a heel seat element with three triangularly located hinging connections. The heel seat element engages a wearer's heel to ai... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4667424 | Ski boot incorporating a flex control device The ski boot incorporating a flex control device comprises a boot shell with which a front quarter and rear quarter are associated. An interference element is provided including a wedge-like body which is active between the shell and front quarter. The we... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4602443 | Ski boot A ski boot having a cuff movably mounted to a lower shell at two or more mounting points. The mounting points each include a protrusion guided along an elongate path to allow a combination of relative pivotal and linear movement between the cuff and shell... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4570364 | Article of athletic footwear, especially a ski boot Two adjusting mechanisms are arranged between a lower shaft portion having a sole and a shin portion covering the shin region of the leg of a wearer and forwardly and rearwardly pivotable about a transverse axis in relation to the lower shaft portion. Eac... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4565017 | Ski boot A ski boot has a base element forming sole, toe and instep portions and which mounts a shin cuff element, a calf cuff element, and a heel seat element with three triangularly located hinging connections. The heel seat element engages a wearer's heel to ai... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4476640 | Device for controlling the flex of ski and the like boots The device comprises an adjusting element having a variable working length and being associated, at the ends thereof, with two separate and mutually movable points on a boot, the adjusting element including a cylindrical body on the interior whereof a pis... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4470206 | Ski boot with an elastically inclinable forward leg portion A ski boot consists of a foot portion and a leg portion connected in articulated relationship. A stiffening element at the front of the boot formed of resilient material has substantially the profile of the boot and is attached at least partially to the f... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4461103 | Ski boot with an elastically inclinable leg portion A ski boot consists of a foot portion and a leg portion connected in articulated relationship. A stiffening element at the front of the boot formed of resilient material has substantially the profile of the boot and is attached at least partially to the f... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4258482 | Ski boot A ski boot comprises an upper, of which the stiffness is adjustable, and a strap surrounding the upper of the boot in the zone advantageously corresponding to the bottom of the leg. Means are provided to fix the strap on said upper. The strap comprises at leas... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4199879 | Safety ski boot structure A safety ski boot structure is described that allows a skier to flex his lower leg relative to his foot in forward, rearward, vertical, rotational and lateral directions. The structure includes a shoe member and a cuff member that are interconnected by he... | 04/29/1980 |
