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EP 0230062 B1 19890524 - SKI BOOT

Title (en)

SKI BOOT

Publication

EP 0230062 B1 19890524 (FR)

Application

EP 86201774 A 19861014

Priority

CH 28586 A 19860124

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4693020A] A flexion control for a ski boot for controlling the resistance to the forward movement of the upper shell of the ski boot relative to the lower shell in which a band of variable elasticity along its length is adjustable transversely across the upper surface of the lower shell between a bumper carried by the lower end of the upper shell and a rigid surface formed in a lower shell.

IPC 1-7

A43B 5/04

IPC 8 full level

A43B 5/04 (2006.01); A43B 21/22 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A43B 5/0458 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT DE FR IT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0230062 A1 19870729; EP 0230062 B1 19890524; AT E43228 T1 19890615; CA 1258969 A 19890905; CH 667978 A5 19881130; DE 3663441 D1 19890629; JP S62172901 A 19870729; US 4693020 A 19870915

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 86201774 A 19861014; AT 86201774 T 19861014; CA 524301 A 19861202; CH 28586 A 19860124; DE 3663441 T 19861014; JP 30561386 A 19861223; US 88338386 A 19860708