Salomon S.a.

Salomon S.a.s.

Powerslide Sportartikelvertriebs Gmbh

Pierre Alexis Marechal

René Borel

Laurent Marechal

Dustin Latimer

Shane Coburn

Louis Cabanis

Stéphane Plassiard

A sports boot including an upper extending above the ankle joint and at least one rigid collar extending around the wearer's lower leg, the boot including a device for adjusting the volume of the collar to better accommodate the shape of the user's calf. The adjustment device includes a wedge, or collar extension, positioned inside the collar, the wedge being fixed to the collar by means of at least one pivot and by means of a fastening mechanism enabling the relative displacement of the wedge with respect to the collar as well as a deformation of the wedge. The fastening mechanism includes a plate equipped with a cylindrical body having an axis Aand received in a first circular opening provided in the collar and a rivet received in a second circular opening provided in the wedge and received in a third circular opening having an axis Aprovided in the body, the axis Aand the axis Abeing non-coaxial. The wedge is fixed by means of a first pivot and a second pivot, which are positioned on respective sides of the collar so that an axis Apof the first pivot and an axis Apof the second pivot are located on a first, substantially horizontal plane Pand so that the fastening mechanism is not fixed on the first plane P

Sports boot

A fastening buckle adapted to bring a first side loser to a second side, including a cap fixed on the first side, a lever pivotally mounted about a first axis relative to the cap, a tie rod pivotally mounted on the lever about a second axis, the first axis being actuated, during tightening, by a translational movement with respect to the first side. An attachment rack is fixed on the second side; a latch is affixed to the tie rod, such that the latch, when closed, is engaged with one of the teeth of the rack. The cap includes two parallel side members in each of which an elongated opening is arranged. A slot is arranged in the lever between two legs; the first axis is defined by two rivets, each of the rivets fixing one of the legs to one of the side members by extending through the elongated opening so as to enable the translational movement of the lever with respect to the first side. A pinion equipped with a plurality of teeth is arranged at the end of each of the legs; the cap includes a support rack, and the teeth of the pinion are engaged with the teeth of the support rack so that the pivoting movement of the lever about the first axis generates a translational movement of the first axis with respect to the cap.

Buckle for fastening a sports boot

A roller skate including a frame provided to receive a plurality of wheels; a sole adapted to support the user's shod foot; a heel stiffener; a foot retaining arrangement, capable of being in an open state, which enables insertion of the user's foot and, in a closed state, enables adjustment of the foot retaining arrangement around the user's foot, the foot retaining arrangement including: a forefoot anchoring, an instep anchoring, the forefoot and instep anchorings each having a pivot zone about which the foot retaining arrangement pivots when it is moved between the open and closed states; a forefoot fastening device, an instep fastening device adapted to keep the retaining arrangement in the closed state; and an adjustment mechanism enabling adjustment of the retaining arrangement to the morphology of the user's foot.

Roller skate

Rolling or gliding sports equipment, such as an in-line roller skate, including such equipment or skate adapted to receive an independent boot. The equipment/skate according to the invention includes a frame, a base connected to the upper portion of the frame, and has an upper surface provided to support the walking sole of the boot, a rear quarter receiving the heel portion of the boot, an upper portion equipped with a comfort element surrounding the user's lower leg, a device for tightening the forefoot pressing the front portion of the boot against the upper surface of the base, a device for tightening the lower leg which tightens the upper portion against the user's lower leg, a device for maintaining the instep exerting a force on the instep portion of the boot and a reinforcement ensuring a continuous support from a lateral side to a medial side, and from the instep zone to the upper portion of the boot.

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Annecy, France

Pierre Alexis Marechal