Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C13/00—Snow shoes
  • A63C13/008—Adjustable heel support therefor, e.g. climbing wedge
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C13/00—Snow shoes
  • A63C13/003—Means thereof for preventing slipping, e.g. crampons, e.g. on frame or shoe plate
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C13/00—Snow shoes
  • A63C13/006—Shoe support thereof, e.g. plate, movable relative to the frame
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C13/00—Snow shoes
  • A63C13/001—Bindings therefor
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C13/00—Snow shoes
  • A63C13/005—Frames therefor

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an improvement for snowshoe designed in particular to improve the comfort of walking in descents.
• Snowshoes have been known for many years because they have been used for centuries by Scandinavians to move on snow. Until today, snowshoes were used for utilitarian or military purposes, to allow alpine populations and troops to travel on snow for their daily needs. Currently, snowshoes are used by athletes who hike and walk, or even competitions. But the sportsmen, although practicing for their pleasure, are more and more demanding for the material they use and it is true that the products currently sold are not entirely satisfactory.
• the current snowshoes have many features designed to improve the user's comfort during the walk such as, for example, climbing wedges or hooking means. These are intended to facilitate the adaptation of the racket to the conditions of slope and snow encountered.
• the snowshoe according to the invention is of the type comprising retaining means of the boot which allow it to pivot upwards relative to the sieve of the racket around a transverse axis located substantially at the level of the zone before the boot, so that the user can lift his heel by pivoting, from a normal low position, usual use position of the racket for walking on flat terrain, according to which the general plane of the surface bottom of said shoe is substantially parallel to the surface of the ground, and which comprises means for limiting the pivoting down to define an extreme low position in which the lower surface of the heel of the shoe is lower than the end front of said shoe, said shoe retaining means being constituted by a hinged pivoting plate about a transverse axis located substantially at n iveau of the front zone of the boot, so that the user can lift his heel by pivoting during its progression, and is characterized in that the hinged plate comprises at its lower part, hooking means thus allowing to retain said plate thus the entire racket forward and thus condemn the movements forward
• the lower surface of the hinged plate comprises at least in its rear zone, at least one hooking projection which protrudes below the lower surface of said plate so as to have a hooked profile under the surface of the field, the lower rear zone corresponding to the area or the lower surface of the hinged plate, which is the one located under the support surface on the sieve racket field, when the pivoting plate is in its extreme low position .
• the or the attachment shackles are constituted by advantageously metal cleats projecting downwards and arranged on either side of the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the plate.
• the articulated plate comprises at least two attachment projections disposed on either side of the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the plate.
• the means for limiting the pivoting are of the adjustable type and allow the user to move at least from the normal low position of the racket to the extreme low position, said means for limiting the pivoting being constituted by a stop member and mobile support consisting of a movable rear sliding piece in longitudinal displacement for cooperating with the rear portion of the hinged plate and in particular the rear portion of its lower surface.
• the abutment member and movable support member comprises at least a first bearing zone, which is intended to be moved forward under the lower surface of the plate the heel of the shoe, to define the position normal bass, and immobilized in this position, and be moved backward out of the area of movement of the back of the plate to allow its pivoting downwardly being moved in the longitudinal day, in its extreme low position.
• FIGS 1 and 2 illustrate the racket with its plate in its normal low position of use.
• Figure 1 is a side view in longitudinal section.
• Figure 2 is a view from above, the shoe having been removed.
• FIGS 3 and 4 illustrate the racket with its plate in its extreme low position.
• Figure 3 is a side view in longitudinal section.
• FIG. 4 is a view from above, the shoe having been removed
• FIG. 5 is a side view showing the racket with the abutment member and forward forwards thus serving as a climbing wedge.
• the snowshoe with the general reference (1) is constituted by a frame (3) which delimits an inner surface or sieve (2) which forms the bearing surface of the racket.
• This screen (2) may advantageously be in the form of a rigid perforated plate which has under its lower face a set of hooked walls (4) for reinforcing the holding of the snowshoe on the hard snow.
• the sieve could be formed by a web or non-perforated plate portions, for example, without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the snowshoe (1) of the invention comprises retaining means of the shoe (5) for securing the shoe to the racket.
• These retaining means have a configuration that allows the boot (5) of the user to pivot relative to the sieve (2) of the racket around a transverse axis (X, X ') located substantially at the level of the zone before the shoe, and that, so that the user can lift his heel by pivoting upwards according to F during its progression.
• These retaining means are advantageously constituted by an articulated plate type attachment (7), as illustrated, said plate (7) carrying rear retaining means (8a) of the boot and front retaining means (8b) .
• the pivoting of the shoe (5) with respect to the racket (1) is advantageously carried out between a normal low position (A), as illustrated in FIG. 1, the usual use position of the racket for a step on flat terrain, in which the general plane of the lower surface (7a) of hinged plate (7) is substantially parallel to the general plane (T) of the ground surface, and an upper position (B) illustrated that the heel of the shoe is lifted by pivoting upwards along F of the plate (7) around the transverse axis (X, X ').
• the racket comprises means allowing the boot to take an extreme low position (C), see more particularly FIG. 3, according to which the heel (50) of the boot (5) can take a position such that the general plan (S) of the surface lower (7a) of the hinged plate (7) is inclined downwards and backwards.
• the racket according to the invention comprises means for limiting the pivoting of the racket downwards, allowing indexing, on the one hand, of the normal low position (A) and, on the other hand, of the position extreme low (C).
• the lower face (7a) of the hinged plate (7) of the back of the shoe (5) is located at least partially below the general plane of the sieve as shown in FIG. FIG. 3.
• the heel (50) of the shoe, and in particular its lower surface (5a) is then lower than the front end (51) of said shoe (5), and this, of course, when the snowshoe is substantially horizontal, that is to say that its general plane is substantially horizontal.
• the pivot limitation means are of the adjustable type and allow the user to move at least from the normal low position (A) of the racket (1). towards the extreme low position (C).
• the means for limiting the pivoting consist of a movable abutment and support member (11) constituted by a movable rear sliding piece in longitudinal displacement intended to cooperate with the rear part of the articulated plate (7) and in particular the rear part of its lower surface (7a).
• the raquettE could have any other means of limitation of pivoting, without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the sieve of the racket comprises a longitudinal day (12) located in the sieve (2), at least at the rear of the pivot axis (X, X ') of the hinged plate (7).
• This day advantageously has a width greater than that of conventional mountain shoes intended to be used by snowboarders and greater than the width of the articulated plate.
• the racket may comprise walls located below the plane of the sieve (2) in line with the day (12), such as, for example, the hooked walls (4) described above.
• the abutment and movable support member (11) is constituted by a support piece (11), movable in longitudinal translation, which comprises at least a first zone d support (11a), which is intended to be moved forward under the lower surface of the plate the heel of the shoe as shown in Figures 1 and 2, to define the normal low position (A), and immobilized in this position, and to be moved backwards out of the zone of displacement of the rear of the plate to allow it to pivot downwards by being displaced in the longitudinal day (12) defined above, in its extreme low position ( C) as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4
• the racket comprises a stop (13) limiting the pivoting downwards and thus defining the extreme low position (C).
• This stop is advantageously constituted by a transverse crosspiece disposed transversely to the rear of the pivot axis (X, X ') and extending transversely in the day (12) defined above.
• said stop could be constituted not by a transverse cross member but by two lateral stops arranged on the sides
• the abutment and support member (11) advantageously comprises, according to the illustrated embodiment, a second bearing zone (Hb) disposed above and behind the first bearing zone (11a), allowing by moving forward of said member to define a high bearing position (D) for mounting the plate, then acting as a climbing wedge, as shown in Figure 5. In this position the stop member and support (11) is placed in an advanced forward position.
• the articulated plate (7) comprises at its lower part, hooking means for retaining said plate so the entire racquet forward and thus condemn the movements forward by hooking said plate, when the pivoting plate is in its extreme low position (C).
• the lower surface of the articulated plate comprises at least in its rear zone (ZA), at least one attachment projection (14a, 14b) which projects under the lower surface (7a) of said plate (7) so as to have a hanging profile under the surface of the ground (T) as shown in FIG.
• the lower rear zone (ZA) corresponds to the area where the lower surface of the hinged plate is located below the bearing surface on the ground (T) of the sieve of the racket, when the pivoting plate is in its extreme low position (C).
• this or these hooking hooks are constituted by advantageously metal cleats projecting downwards and arranged on either side of the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the plate as illustrated. in Figure 4. It goes without saying that all other attachment means could be adopted, such as the walls of the same hinged plate, or by metal claws.

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