Title: Ski boot

Abstract: A ski boot comprising an outer boot having a sole on which an improved foot supporting insert rests so as to be selectively laterally tiltable relative to the sole within the shoe. Inversion or eversion of the foot alone causes the insert to tilt, thereby creating a weight shift which is transferred to the lateral edge of a ski attached to the boot causing it to turn. Skiing maneuvers are, therefore, accomplished without twisting the torso or laterally moving the knees of the skier. The insert includes a foot supporting portion made of a suitable material and configured so that in its free state it does not necessarily conform to the sole of the foot of the skier, but which does so conform when it is mounted in a ski boot and the foot of the user is operatively mounted in the ski boot on the insert. The insert is also adapted to be used with an ice skate shoe for use in ice skating and functions essentially in the same manner as when incorporated in a ski boot.

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Inventors: Eisenberg, Joel H. (Stratford, CT, US)

Application Number: 875178
Filing Date: 1978-02-06
Publication_date: 1979-03-20
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 36/117.5 36/28, 36/115, 482/71, 482/79
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

886801	May, 1909	Harmon	36/28.
1380879	Jun, 1921	Young	36/28.
3067531	Dec, 1962	Scott et al.	36/120.
3303584	Feb, 1967	Werner et al.	36/120.
3775875	Dec, 1973	Dvorsky	36/117.
4074446	Feb, 1978	Eisenberg	36/120.

Other Refs: 1058541103541

Nov, 1953	FR
Jan, 1964	NO

Primary Examiner: Lawson, Patrick D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Wooster, Davis & Cifelli