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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thierry Donnadieu, Poisy, FR;
Assignee:
Salomon S.A., Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ; A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36 89 ; 361182 ;
Abstract
The sport boot comprises an upper and at least two reinforcing elements (21, 22) arranged medially and laterally in the area of the user's ankle. The lateral reinforcing element (22) extends higher along the ankle than does the medial reinforcing element (21). Advantageously, the lateral reinforcing element (22) is equipped with a flexibility-enhancing feature (27, 28) at its upper end.