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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pascal Pallatin, Les Aillouds, FR;
Assignee:
Salomon S.A., Metz-Tessy, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361182 ; 361183 ;
Abstract
Boot of the front entry type with variable volume having a shell that includes an upper and a shell base that overlap at least partially in the area corresponding to the dorsal zone of the boot, the upper being pivotally connected to the shell base. A bending mechanism is integrated in its dorsal zone where it is sandwiched between the upper and the shell base on which it is attached and rigidly affixed, and such bending mechanism is formed by a flexible strip that includes a vertical notch, open upwardly and whose delineating edges extend freely beneath the upper. The bending mechanism enables the flexibility characteristics of the boot to be determined.