Flush Instep Mounted Stiffness Adjustment Means Patents (Class 36/118.6)
  • Tongue reinforcement for a boot, a reinforced tongue and a boot provided with such tongue
    Patent number: 6993860
    Abstract: A boot provided with a tongue, the tongue having a lower portion and an upper portion joined by an intermediary portion. The tongue has a main flexible panel to which a semi-rigid reinforcement is affixed, the reinforcement having an elongated body that extends substantially along a longitudinal median line and over the length of the panel, the reinforcement having at least one lateral extension, each extension originating from the elongated body in the area of the lower and/or upper portion, and extending at least partially up to the area of the intermediary portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Salomon S.A.
    Inventor: Silvano Bettiol
  • Tongue for a boot, and boot provided with such tongue
    Patent number: 6839985
    Abstract: A boot provided with a tongue, the tongue having a lower portion and an upper portion joined by an intermediary portion. The tongue has a main flexible panel to which a semi-rigid reinforcement is affixed, the reinforcement having an elongated body that extends substantially along a longitudinal median line and over the length of the panel, the reinforcement having at least one lateral extension, each extension originating from the elongated body in the area of the lower and/or upper portion, and extending at least partially up to the area of the intermediary portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Salomon S.A.
    Inventor: Silvano Bettiol