US3375586A - Ski boot level indicator - Google Patents

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US3375586A
US3375586A US583854A US58385466A US3375586A US 3375586 A US3375586 A US 3375586A US 583854 A US583854 A US 583854A US 58385466 A US58385466 A US 58385466A US 3375586 A US3375586 A US 3375586A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C11/00—Accessories for skiing or snowboarding
    • A63C11/26—Devices for use in mounting ski-bindings to skis, e.g. jigs; Testing or measuring devices specially adapted therefor
    • A63C11/265—Devices for testing or measuring the release force of safety ski bindings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
    • A43B5/0415—Accessories
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43D—MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
    • A43D1/00—Foot or last measuring devices; Measuring devices for shoe parts
    • A43D1/02—Foot-measuring devices

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  • This invention relates to a ski boot level indicator, and pertains more particularly to a mechanism for checking any deviation from a laterally level condition of the bottom of the sole and heeel of each of a pair of ski boots while the latter are being worn.
  • An o-bject of the present invention is to provide .an improved mechanism for indicating the l-aterally level condition of the bottoms of a pair of ski boots when the latter are being worn.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a ⁇ portable indicator for checking the level condition of the bottoms of the sole and heel of each of a skiers boots when the latter are being Worn.
  • FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a boot sole level indicator embodying the present invention, portions being broken away.
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional View taken along line 2 2 of FIG. 1, one heel plate being spaced upwardly from its step plate.
  • an illustrative boot sole level indicator A embodying the invention comprises a frame 10 supported on a hoor 12 (FIG. 2) by the domed heads of four leveling screws 14, one of which is provided at each corner of the frame.
  • Each screw 14 has a knurled rim 16 and a threaded stem 18, the latter of which is screwed into a threaded hole 20 provided one in each corner of the frame.
  • the frame 10 has an integral platform portion 26 and lateral frame level indicating means are provided, such as a conventional bubble level 28 mounted flush with the top of the frame 10.
  • a rectangular opening 30 is provided in the platform 26, and a pair of integral, axially drilled and axially parallel cylindrical bosses 32 (FIG. 1) extend inwardly tothe edge of the opening 30 from the rear or lower end portion of the frame 10 and closely beneath the platform 26.
  • a pair of step plate pivotal support screws 36 each having a head 38 ⁇ and a threaded end opposite portion 40, are inserted one in each of 'the rear drilled bosses 32, and are screwed in axially parallel relation, into a pair of internally threaded drilled bosses 42 which extend inwardly from the upper or forward end of the frame 10.
  • a pair of washers 46 on each screw 36 are interposed one between each of the bosses 32 and 42 :and a pair of step plate mount-ing ears 48 which depend one from each end of each of a pair of laterally tilting step plates 50 and 52.
  • each of the step plates have axially aligned holes therein centered beneath their respective step plates and of a diameter to receive one of the rods 36 for relative pivotal movement thereon.
  • Each step plate is positioned with its top surface slightly above the top of the platform 26.
  • Suitable bloot positioning means such as removable heel plates 58 and 59 preferably are provided for the step plates 50 and 52, respectively, to aid in longitudinally centering .a pair of ski boots on the step plates as indicated by the broken lines outlines 60 and 61 (FIG. 1).
  • conventional ski bindings may be provided on the step plates, or, if the wearer desires to check the level condition of his stance wrhile actua-lly wearing skis, the top surfaces of the step plates may be left flat and unencumbered so that one ski can be centrally aligned on eaoh step plate.
  • In'dicating means are provided for each of the step plates, and, since such means are similar but reversed for both step plates, that of the right hand step plate only is described in detail.
  • An indicator needle 62 atlixed to the forward mounting ear 48 of the step plate 52 extends laterally toward the o-pposite side of the frame 10, and has a curved portion. 64 (FIG. 2) formed therein to provide operating clearance from the left hand pivot support screw 36 during indicating movement of the needle.
  • An electrical Contact portion 66 is provided on the free end of the needle 62 and rides along a supporting ridge 70 of electrically conductive material, such as copper, and also along a row of contact points 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86 and 88 (FIG. 2) yaligned in the plane in which the needle contact portion 66 swings.
  • the ridge 70 is electrically connected to one side of a conventional indicating light circuit and is insulated from the contact points except when bridged to an individual one thereof by the contact portion 66 of the needle.
  • the contact points are electrically insulated ⁇ from each other.
  • a plurality of indicator electric lights 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104 and 106 are mounted on tlhe frame 10, preferably on the same side of the ⁇ frame ⁇ as the ⁇ step plate which controls them, and are electrically connected, one to each contact point, in sequence corresponding to that of the contact points.
  • Electrical current is supplied to the indicating light circuit by suitable means, for example, by an electrical dry cell battery 108 mounted in a spring clip 110 on the frame 10. Contacts 109 and 111 electrically connect the battery 108 with the light circuit and a conventional electrical switch 112 is provided to energize the circuit. Since suitable circuitry will be obvious to anyone having even a rudimentary knowledge of electrical circuits, and since the circuit is not per se a feature of the invention, the details thereof are omitted.
  • Electrical indicating means similar to those described for the right hand step plate 52 are provided for indicating any tilt deviation of the left hand step plate 50, and corresponding parts of the indicating means for the left hand step plate are designated by the same reference numerals as those for the right hand step plate with the prime added.
  • the indicating mechanism A is placed upon a suitable supporting surface 12, and the leveling screws 14 are adjusted until the level 28 indicates that the platform 26 is laterally level.
  • the circuit switches 112 are closed tto energize the indicator light circuits, .and the person to be checked, wearing his ski boots, steps onto the step plates 50 and 52 with his right ski boot l-ongitudinally centered upon the right hand step plate 52 and his left ski boot similarly centered on left hand step plate 50.
  • the center lights- 98 and 98 are both 3 illuminated it indicates that the bottoms of both boots are level and that no correction is required.
  • the bottom of either boot is not level it causes a corresponding lateral tilt of the step plate Si) or 52 upon which it is supported which causes the indicator contact needle 62 or 62 connected thereto to swing up or'down as the case may be to contact one of the other contact points and illuminate the indicator light associated therewith.
  • the light thus illuminated for each step plate indicates the direction and .amount of tilt of the associated step plate and the bottom of the boot resting thereon.
  • each boot sole and -heel are then either built up by attaching suitable wedge-shaped sole pieces thereto, or are ground oif or corrected by other conventional boot-making procedures to provide the correction indicated as required by the indicating mechanism A. Since such bootmaking procedures are conventional and are well known particularly among orthopedic bootmakers, and since the boot sole correction procedure is not per Yse a feature of the present invention, it is not illustrated or described herein.
  • the invention provides a quick, easy and accurate means for measuring, and thereby providing accurate data for correcting, any lateral angular deviation from a level conditions of the bottoms of a skiers boots, and thereby of his skis, when a skier is in a normal skiing stance. It has been found that when a skier who does not normally stand with both feet laterally level has his boots altered as described herein his skiing usually shows a marked and early improvement.
  • a ski boot level indicating mechanism comprising:
  • each step plate for free lateral tilting movement to correspond with a lateral tilted condition of the ski boot bottom, the longitudinal center line of each ski boot being parallel to and substantially centered above the tilt axis of its step plate, and
  • a ski boot level indicating mechanism in accordance with claim 2 wherein means are provided on each step plate for longitudinally centering a ski boot thereon.
  • a ski boot level indicating mechanism in accord ance with claim 4 wherein each of the points is an electrical contact point and an electric light is electrically ⁇ connected thereto for illumination by its respective contact point.
  • a ski boot level indicating mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at top surfaces of the step plates are spaced upwardly from the frame sufficiently ⁇ that a pair of skis supported one longitudinally of each step plate will clear the frame.

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US583854A US3375586A (en) 1966-10-03 1966-10-03 Ski boot level indicator
DE19671735010 DE1735010A1 (de) 1966-10-03 1967-09-26 Vorrichtung zum Anzeigen seitlicher Abweichungen des Sohlenbodens eines getragenen Skischuhes gegenueber der Horizontalen
AT891867A AT288204B (de) 1966-10-03 1967-10-02 Anzeigevorrichtung zur Ermittlung der auf die Horizontalebene bezogenen Neigung der Schuhsohlenlaufflächen
FR122954A FR1538277A (fr) 1966-10-03 1967-10-02 Appareil indicateur de niveau pour chaussures de ski
CH1374767A CH482417A (de) 1966-10-03 1967-10-03 Einrichtung zur Ermittlung der auf die Horizontalebene bezogenen Neigung der Schuhsohlenlaufflächen an von einer mit normaler Bein- und Fusshaltung stehenden Person getragenen Schuhen, insbesondere Skistiefeln

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US3726015A (en) * 1971-05-06 1973-04-10 D Neumann Apparatus for determining the bias of the sole of a ski boot
US6163971A (en) * 1997-09-10 2000-12-26 Accura Design, Inc. Automatic foot sizing apparatus
US6564465B1 (en) * 2000-09-22 2003-05-20 Ward Eric G High performance foot bed for sports equipment
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US3726015A (en) * 1971-05-06 1973-04-10 D Neumann Apparatus for determining the bias of the sole of a ski boot
US6163971A (en) * 1997-09-10 2000-12-26 Accura Design, Inc. Automatic foot sizing apparatus
US6564465B1 (en) * 2000-09-22 2003-05-20 Ward Eric G High performance foot bed for sports equipment
US20030213138A1 (en) * 2000-09-22 2003-11-20 Ward Eric G. High performance foot bed for sports equipment
US6845568B2 (en) * 2000-09-22 2005-01-25 Eric G. Ward High performance foot bed for sports equipment
US20080083416A1 (en) * 2006-09-21 2008-04-10 Bin Xia Footcare product dispensing kiosk
US8117922B2 (en) 2006-09-21 2012-02-21 Msd Consumer Care, Inc. Footcare product dispensing kiosk
US9038482B2 (en) 2006-09-21 2015-05-26 Msd Consumer Care, Inc. Footcare product dispensing kiosk
US9576311B2 (en) 2006-09-21 2017-02-21 Bayer Healthcare Llc Footcare product dispensing kiosk
US11134863B2 (en) 2015-10-05 2021-10-05 Scholl's Wellness Company Llc Generating orthotic product recommendations
US11854058B2 (en) 2017-10-13 2023-12-26 Scholl's Wellness Company Llc Footcare product dispensing kiosk

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