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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Simon Arieh, Geneva, CH;
Guy Courvoisier, Geneva, CH;
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Carouge, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ; A43C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36121 ; 36 50 ; 2471 / ;
Abstract
A ski boot has a cuff pivotally connected to its lower shell member and a latch mechanism for holding the cuff in a predetermined angular orientation with respect to the shell member. The easily operated latch mechanism comprises a toggle linkage whose actuating lever is pivotally connected to the cuff within a window formed within a reinforcing rib along the spine of the cuff and connected to an articulation between a pair of links which can be swung to either side of a metastable position by the lever.