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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:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Francois Paris, Servrier, FR;
Assignee:
Salomon S.A., Metz-Tessy, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63C 9/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63C 9/08 ;
Abstract
Sports footwear such as a boot comprising a rigid base (,) and an upper (,), and engageable with a ski or the like (,) on which the boot is to be supported and retained, while also enabling walking under favourable conditions. The boot is provided with a walking sole and comprises bearing surfaces (,) recessed into the rigid base relative to the sole surface. The bearing surfaces (,) are engageable, directly or via a cradle (,), with the top surfaces of projections (,) on the ski, whereby the boot/ski and boot/ground interfaces are separate.