Injury preventing ski boot
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Oct 17, 2000
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Jun 19, 1998
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Dec 19, 1996
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A ski boot comprising a rigid foot portion having a rigid base and a rigid upper for surrounding essentially a foot of a wearer, a rigid leg element for surrounding essentially a lower portion of a leg of the wearer including a pivot, the foot portion and the leg element being connected through the pivot to constitute a forward leaning retention position for the wearer, and a release and retention mechanism for changing the rigid leg element into a substantially vertical release stop position. The said release stop position is the result of a predetermined rearward force on the wearer's leg. The release mechanism comprises an upper arm linkage engaged to a lower arm linkage through a slot. The release mechanism converts the rearward force into a substantially downward force which force causes the upper arm linkage to travel downwardly in the slot at which point the lower arm linkage and upper arm linkage contact one another and pivot outwardly from the boot to position the wearer's leg into the release stop position.
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