Salomon S.a.

Salomon S.a.s.

Salmon S.a.

Rene Borel

Pascal Stryjak

Claude Perrissoud

Warren Bosomworth

Guillaume Amphyon

Jerome Chaigne

Pascal Pallatin

Michel Duret

Ivan Bosse

Olivier Senee

An article of footwear, such as a shoe, which includes an outer sole assembly and an upper, the sole assembly including a first comfort layer and a reinforcement layer, the first comfort layer being located between the reinforcement layer and the upper. The reinforcement layer includes a first portion and a second portion connected to one another by a bridge, the first and second portions being fixed to the comfort layer, the bridge being opposite the comfort layer and not fixed to the comfort layer.

Footwear

Outsole portion and midsole portion of a footwear article

An in-line roller skate having a boot and a chassis, the chassis having a longitudinal bottom part on which are arranged a plurality of wheels equipped with rotating axles aligned along a reference plane, which is overlaid by a plate adapted to receive the sole of the boot, wherein the boot has an internal wedging element arranged at the bottom of the boot, in order to define the angular position &agr; of at least part of the foot relative to the plane by producing a height difference between the support plane of the heel of the foot and the plantar support plane at the level of the metatarsi.

In-line roller skate provided with an internal support for a user's foot

A support and wear element for an in-line roller skate frame, adapted to be inserted between two lateral flanks of the frame and between two middle adjacent wheels, for practicing a so-called 'aggressive' skating and, more specifically, for ensuring the transverse sliding of the skate on a longiline element, wherein the element has an arrangement for attachment on the frame which is constituted by vertical slide bars, facing each other on both sides of the internal surfaces of the flanks and cooperating with corresponding grooves obtained on the two lateral opposing surfaces of the support and wear element, such that its sliding mounting onto the flanks simultaneously ensures, on the one hand, its attachment and, on the other hand, the linkage of the flanks of the frame to one another in the transverse direction without secondary means, to constitute a single and coherent assembly with the frame.

Support and wear element for an in-line roller skate frame

A device for a gliding sport, such as an in-line roller skate, equipped with an energization device including a boot whose sole is associated with an upper plate of a frame on a lower portion of which the gliding device, such as skating wheels, are arranged. The boot has a low upper provided with a rigid rear stiffener on which an equally rigid collar is mounted for angular movement to act against a elastic return device interposed between the upper and the collar, wherein this elastic return device is biased at least during pivoting toward the rear of the collar, from a substantially vertical, median inactive position of equilibrium, and along an angular path limited in amplitude by a rear limit stop of the collar arranged on a portion of the upper, or on a corresponding portion of the collar, so as to provide an at least forward elastic return of the collar, depending on an energy the value of which is proportional to the angular travel of the upper, within a maximum limit determined by the position of the limit stop of the collar.

Energized gliding device, such as in-line roller skate

A sports boot of the type that includes a rigid frame constituted by at least one heel reinforcement and a rigid collar for the retention of the lower part of the leg connected to the heel reinforcement for forward and rearward angular movement, the angular movement of the collar being unimpeded at least forwardly when the sport is practiced. The transverse inclination device is associated to at least one portion of the collar, and an elastic return structure is associated to the transverse inclination device for a return into the neutral position.

Sports boot having a mobile collar

Chassis for roller skates, especially in-line roller skates, of the type constituted of two lateral flanges bearing the wheels and by an upper platform connecting the two flanges. The chassis includes at least one central portion constituted by a detachable wear plate on at least one of the lateral flanges, the detachable plate extending between two wheels, from the lower edge of the flange, and wherein the chassis comprises a scalloping at the level of each detachable part. The detachable wear plates allow various types of skating styles to be accommodated while limiting the wear and tear of the chassis.

Chassis for in-line roller skates

Guide/blocking device for a lace of a boot, and a boot incorporating same. The guide/blocking device includes a sliding part defining a passageway for a lace oriented along a direction corresponding substantially to the direction of traction of the lace. The guide/blocking device includes a blocking part arranged in continuity with the sliding part and oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of traction and corresponding to the blocking direction. Advantageously, the median plane of the sliding part and the blocking part is substantially co-planar with the plane of lacing, and the blocking section includes teeth that are inclined along a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the blocking direction.

Guide and blocking device for a boot, and a boot incorporating such

In-line skate

A sport boot, especially adapted to an in-line roller skate and having an external sole overlaid by an upper including two quarters demarcating an opening which are adapted to be connected to one another by a tightening lace, along a path determined as a function of the position of return elements or guides arranged on both sides of the quarters, wherein each of the return elements or guides is constituted of a base having a flat bottom adapted to be fixed on the edge of one of the quarters of the boot, having a sliding plane, at its substantially horizontal and constant upper portion, beneath which an element is provided for passage of the lace, so as to protect the lace from any external attack.

Boot with lacing guides

Sport boot of the type constituted by an upper extended at its upper portion by an open rigid collar whose free ends form overlapping portions that are foldable on one another to surround, and ensure the lateral holding of, the lower part of the leg of a user, by means of tightening strap connecting the overlapping portions to one another and having means for blockage into position, wherein the collar includes means for immobilizing the overlapping portions with respect to one another, in a substantially vertical plane, during taking of lateral support.

Sport boot provided with a tightening device such as a strap

Guide/blocking element that includes a sliding part defining a passageway for a lace oriented along a direction corresponding substantially to the direction of traction of the lace. The guide/blocking element includes a blocking part arranged in continuity with the sliding section and oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of traction and corresponding to the blocking direction. Advantageously, the median plane of the sliding part and the blocking part is substantially coplanar with the plane of lacing, and the blocking section includes teeth that are inclined along a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the blocking direction.

Guide and blocking assembly for a boot

A sports boot of the type that includes a rigid frame constituted by at least one heel reinforcement and a rigid collar for the retention of the lower part of the leg journalled on the heel reinforcement about a substantially transverse axis, the pivoting of the collar about the transverse axis being unimpeded at least forwardly when the sport is practiced. The transverse inclination device is associated to at least one portion of the collar, and an elastic return mechanism is associated to the transverse inclination device for a return into the neutral position.

In-line roller skate equipped with an energization device including a boot whose sole is associated with an upper plate of a frame on a lower portion of which the skating wheels are arranged. The boot has a low upper provided with a rigid rear stiffener on which an equally rigid collar is journalled and capable of surrounding the user's ankle, and of pivoting about the journal to act against the elastic return device interposed between an upper and the collar, wherein these elastic return device is biased at least during pivoting toward the rear of the collar, from a substantially vertical, median inactive position of equilibrium, and along an angular travel limited in amplitude by a rear limit stop of the collar arranged fixedly on a portion of the upper, or on a corresponding portion of the collar, so as to provide an at least forward elastic return of the collar, depending on an energy the value of which is proportional to the angular travel of the upper, within a maximum limit determined by the position of the limit stop of the collar.

Energized in-line roller skate

The invention relates a sport shoe having a shell base topped by an upper that is pivotal/flexible with respect to the shell base via a flexion control arrangement. The flexion control arrangement includes a viscous element interposed between mobile portions which overlap and displace relatively with respect to each other when the upper pivots, forming a flexion control by viscous friction. The viscous element procures a silent and constant braking between the mobile portions.

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Cran-Gevrier, France

Rene Borel