Patents Assigned to Nordica S.p.A.
  • Skate with improved steering capabilities
    Patent number: 5382031
    Abstract: A skate having a support for the sole of an item footwear and for at least three aligned wheels, which has improved turning. The peculiarity of the skate consists of the fact that two wheels are arranged and rotate on a plane which is parallel to the plane of the remaining wheels. It is thus possible to obtain a right skate and a left skate with offset wheels which allow the user to achieve better turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luca Marconato, Alessandro Pozzobon
  • Braking device particularly for skates
    Patent number: 5374070
    Abstract: A braking device for skates includes a rod member associated with the quarter of the shoe; the lower end of the rod member has a braking member adapted to interact with a wheel on the ground when the quarter is tilted back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Pellegrini, Jr., Andrea Tormena, Alessandro Pozzobon, Renzo Balbinot, Mario Conella
  • Adjustment device for sports implements
    Patent number: 5366232
    Abstract: An adjustment device for a roller skate including a support for an item of footwear and at least two aligned wheels. The device has the peculiarity of having, between the at least two aligned wheels, a screw for adjusting the interspace therebetween, as well as kinematic systems for interconnection with the support. The device allows to vary the distance between the support for the item of footwear and the axle of one or more of the aligned wheels of the skate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A
    Inventors: Alessandro Pozzobon, Mariano Sartor
  • Ski boot with a lever having independent adjustment devices
    Patent number: 5351420
    Abstract: A ski boot comprising a shell inside which one or more pressers are provided, a front quarter connected to the shell, a rear quarter pivotally connected to the shell, a lever pivotally connected to the rear quarter, a cable winding device rotatably supported by the lever, a first cable connected to the winding device and engaging the foot presser, and a second cable interconnected between the quarters and the free end of the lever for closing the quarters, whereby the first cable passes through the pivoting axis of the lever, or through a sheath element interconnected between the lever and the shell, so that the actuation of the lever and the actuation of the winding device both only affect the appropriate cable and the securing provided by the other cable is completely unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Pozzobon, Roberto Gorza, Renato Serafin
  • Skate with aligned wheels
    Patent number: 5348321
    Abstract: A skate with aligned wheels having a single plate provided with cantilever pivots for supporting the wheels. The pivots have a quick-release device for easily and rapidly removing and replacing the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Franco Sbrilli
  • Composite ski boot quarter
    Patent number: 5329706
    Abstract: The composite ski boot quarter includes a pair of oppositely arranged lateral malleolus supporting elements, a rear calf supporting element, and a front tibial supporting element rigidly interconnected to form the quarter. The lateral supporting elements are made of generally rigid material to provide excellent force transmission during skiing and the rear calf and front tibial supporting elements are made of less rigid material to provide improved comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Pozzobon
  • Securing device particularly for ski boots
    Patent number: 5313720
    Abstract: A securing device for ski boots, including a lever associated laterally to a ski boot and provided with a cylinder for adjusting the tension of a cable which is preferably associable with a shell at its ends and externally embraces a presser and a flap. The device allows to achieve an optimum securing for optimally retaining the foot both at the instep and at the heel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe De Bortoli, Claudio Zorzi, Luca Gallina
  • Sports shoe with quick-release quarter
    Patent number: 5287639
    Abstract: A sports shoe includes a shell having a rear quarter. The quarter is provided, in a downward position and to the rear, with a recess. The sports shoe includes a flap which is articulated to the shell and affects the recess; the flap is provided with a projection for engaging the quarter at the recess providing a rear support of the quarter. The flap can be disengaged from the quarter by the user by pressing the projection or the flap in the direction of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Tonel
  • Fastening device particularly for fine adjustment of the tension applicable by means of a lever
    Patent number: 5269621
    Abstract: A fastening device particularly usable to obtain the fine adjustment of the tension applicable by a lever, for example to secure the flaps of a shell or a quarter of a ski boot. The device includes, on the tie rod member of the lever, a seat for a nut which in turn interacts with a threaded pin element for coupling to an engagement hook which is associable with one of the flaps to be closed of the boot. The device has very small dimensions, weight and cost together with simple assembly of the various components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe De Bortoli, Luca Gallina, Claudio Zorzi
  • Heel unit for ski bindings with automatic reset means
    Patent number: 5265901
    Abstract: A heel for ski bindings with an automatic reset device, including a heel unit body which can be fixed to a ski and supports a ski boot grip jaw, a kinematic system acting on said grip jaw; the kinematic system is connected to a spring which can be calibrated so as to removably retain the grip jaw in ski boot securing position. A pedal interacts with the ski boot for actuating the kinematic system to open the grip jaw when the ski boot separates from the binding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Gorza
  • Lever device for sports footgear, particularly for ski boots
    Patent number: 5251388
    Abstract: The lever device includes a lever arm arranged at at least one adapted seat defined on one of the flaps. At least one grip element for engagement members provided on the lever arm is associated with the other one of the flaps. The insertion of the lever arm within the adapted seat thus allows to have high strength characteristics and to not require a surface finish of good aesthetic quality, in view of its partial concealment, as well as to give the boot a neat aesthetic appearance, there being no protruding elements and because of the reduced size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Pozzobon, Giancarlo Foscaro, Adolfo Pozzebon
  • Waterproof device, particularly for boots
    Patent number: 5228219
    Abstract: A waterproof device, for boots having a shell and/or a quarter which have a first and a second overlapping flaps. The device is constituted by an insert arranged at a seat defined on the first flap of the shell and/or of the quarter. The insert has containment seats for respective levers and a tab which can be sealingly interposed between the first flap and the second flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Tonel
  • Ski boot fastening device
    Patent number: 5222756
    Abstract: A ski boot fastening device includes at least one front and one rear engagement member for a boot which are adapted to be attached to a ski. Independent adjustment members of the two engagement members are provided on at least one of the front and rear engagement members or on the ski. This allows the skier to achieve, by an intervention located in a specific point, an independent adjustment of the two members for the engagement of the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Gorza
  • Ski binding with elastic recovery means for free ski flexing
    Patent number: 5213357
    Abstract: A ski binding including a toe unit which is fixed to the ski and is provided with an adjustable spring acting on the toe unit safety release member. The binding also has a plate which extends longitudinally along the ski and is associated, at one end, with the toe unit safety release member and, at its other end, with a sliding body which supports the jaw. A rear spring is interposed between the sliding body and the plate in order to keep constant the center distance set between the toe unit and the heel unit, when the ski flexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Gorza, Giorgio Baggio, Mirco Battistella
  • Flexibility adjustment fastener particularly for ski boots
    Patent number: 5212893
    Abstract: A flexibility adjustment device, particularly for ski boots composed of a shell with which at least one quarter is associated by means of at least one stud. The device is constituted by a resilient member which is interposed between the shell or a pivot and a first ring which constitute the stud together with a second ring which is rotatably associated with the pivot and can be secured on the first ring. The securing of the second ring on the first ring allows to vary the degree of lateral oscillation of the quarter with respect to the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Pozzobon
  • Device for fastening footgear to a sports implement
    Patent number: 5199735
    Abstract: The device for fastening footgear to a sports implement, particularly to a cross-country ski or to a ski mounted on rollers or to a ski for Telemark skiing or to a ski for mountain skiing, has the peculiarity of including at least one means for adjustable elastic contrast to the rotation of the footgear with respect to the sports implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Valerio Tonel
  • Lever structure particularly for ski boots
    Patent number: 5197165
    Abstract: A lever structure for securing one or more pressers and/or for closing the flaps of a ski boot, includes a device for the fine adjustment of the working length of one or more traction elements. The device includes at least one knob which can be accessed by the skier and is associated with a lever arm in an oscillating manner and without fixed connections. The knob has an internally threaded cavity which acts as seat for a complementarily threaded pawl which is rigidly associated with a traction element. The device is considerably simple in execution and has modest costs in view of the absence of pivots, rivets and other means for interconnection between the lever and the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Zorzi, Valerio Tonel, Giuseppe De Bortoli
  • Sheath fastening device, particularly for ski boots
    Patent number: 5195259
    Abstract: A sheath fastening device for cable sheaths of ski boots, including a body which is axially perforated for the passage of a cable, and for fastening at least one portion of the sheath to the boot. The body furthermore has flaps for temporary engagement with at least one through seat defined on the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Faustino Lucchetta, Walter Trevisan
  • Ski boot with quarters having multiple sections
    Patent number: 5193294
    Abstract: A ski boot including at least one quarter and a rigid or overlapping-flap shell. The quarter is constituted by at least two independent strip elements which are associated with one another and/or with the shell in an oscillating manner. The boot allows the quarter to adapt to the anatomical shape of the leg and to optizime its own movement with respect to the leg natural movement, following the leg during the flexion and extension steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Pozzobon, Giancarlo Foscaro, Gianpaola Marongiu
  • Antifriction device, particularly for ski bindings
    Patent number: 5190312
    Abstract: An antifriction device, particularly for ski bindings including a first body which is fixed to the ski or is associable therewith and with which a second body is slidingly associated with the possibility of sliding along an axis which is longitudinal to the ski. A tab is removably or permanently associable with the second body, and a plate is freely pivoted to the tab perpendicular to the ski and at the region underlying the heel and/or tip of a ski boot. Thus, upon the activation of the safety release of the binding, the tab performs a translatory and rotary motion which facilitates the disengagement of the boot from the binding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Baggio, Roberto Gorza, Mirco Battistella