Adaptable sports footwear

Abstract

A boot adapted for the practice of a sporting activity using a gliding or rolling apparatus, in which the heel of the boot is free during movement of the foot, the front end of the boot being provided with an element for fastening to the apparatus. The boot includes a base and an adaptation structure having a first portion to be fixed in a front zone of the base, and a second portion to be fixed in a rear zone of the base, each of which can be removably fixed.

1 . A boot structured and arranged for the practice of a sporting activity using a gliding or rolling apparatus and a binding device for fastening a front end of the boot to the apparatus while the heel of the boot is free during movement of the boot, the boot comprising:
 a base having a front zone and a rear zone;   adaptation structure comprising a first portion to be fixed in relation to the front zone of the base of the boot, and a second portion to be fixed in a rear zone of the base of the boot;   each of the first and second portions of the adaptation structures being structured and arranged to be removably fixed in relation to the base.   
     
     
         2 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first portion and the second portion of the adaptation structure is not affixed to or dissociated from one another when neither of the first and second portions is fixed to the base of the boot.   
     
     
         3 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first portion and the second portion of the adaptation structure is affixed to one another when neither one is fixed to the base of the boot.   
     
     
         4 . A boot according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the first portion and the second portion are connected by a flexible blade.   
     
     
         5 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 a first type of contact interface has only a single longitudinal rib, each of the first and second portions of the adaptation structure comprising a longitudinal groove structured and arranged to receive at least a portion of the single longitudinal rib.   
     
     
         6 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 a second type of contact interface has at least two longitudinal ribs, each of the first and second portions of the adaptation structure comprising at least two longitudinal grooves;   each of the grooves is structured and arranged to receive at least a portion of one of the longitudinal ribs.   
     
     
         7 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 at least one contact interface comprises at least one transverse rib and/or at least one stud, the first portion or the second portion of the adaptation structure comprising at least one transverse groove, or at least one opening;   each said groove or each said opening is structured and arranged to receive one of the at least one transverse rib or one of the at least one stud.   
     
     
         8 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 at least one contact interface comprises a surface of the gliding or rolling apparatus, the first portion or the second portion of the adaptation structure comprising at least one longitudinal groove.   
     
     
         9 . A boot according to  claim 8 , wherein:
 each of the at least one longitudinal groove has a width at least equal to a width of the gliding or rolling apparatus.   
     
     
         10 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the front portion and rear portion of the adaptation structure having different heights.   
     
     
         11 . A boot structured and arranged for the practice of a sporting activity using a gliding or rolling apparatus and a binding device for fastening a front end of the boot to the apparatus while the heel of the boot is free during movement of the boot, the boot comprising:
 a base having a front zone and a rear zone;   adaptation structure structured and arranged to be removably fixed in relation to the front zone of the base of the boot;   the rear portion of the base being structured and arranged to rest on a surface of a contact interface of the gliding or rolling apparatus.   
     
     
         12 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the base is structured and arranged to have flexibility along a longitudinal extent of the boot.   
     
     
         13 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the base comprises a flexion blade, the flexion blade having flexibility along a longitudinal extent of the boot;   the boot further comprises structure for fixing, against the blade, the adaptation structure.   
     
     
         14 . A boot according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 the flexion blade includes a substantially flat extent extending from a front end to a rear end of the base and medial and lateral upstanding walls, or the flexion blade includes a substantially planar extent without medial and lateral upstanding walls.   
     
     
         15 . A boot according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 the flexion blade includes (1) a substantially flat extent extending from a front end to a rear end of the base and medial and lateral upstanding walls, as well as an stiffener portion for supporting a rear of an upper of the boot, or (2) the flexion blade includes a substantially planar extent without medial and lateral upstanding walls;   
     
     
         16 . A boot according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 removable flexibility-varying structure structured and arranged to vary flexibility of the base or flexion blade.   
     
     
         17 . A boot according to  claim 16 , wherein:
 the flexibility-varying structure comprises one or more inserts and/or one or more rods and/or one or more plates or blades to be inserted into, or against, the base.   
     
     
         18 . A boot according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 structure for fixing, using screws, slides, or snap-fasteners, the adaptation structure in relation to the base, in one position, or in a plurality of discrete or continuous positions.   
     
     
         19 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the front portion and/or the rear portion of the adaptation structure includes a surface structured and arranged to come into contact with the base, forming a non-zero angle with an opposite surface structured and arranged to come into contact with, or to be turned toward, the gliding or rolling apparatus.   
     
     
         20 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the adaptation structure comprises first removable structure to adapt the boot to a first type of contact interface of an apparatus, and second removable structure to adapt the boot to a second type of contact interface of an apparatus.   
     
     
         21 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the boot is a shell-type of boot made of one, two, or three portions;   
     
     
         22 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the boot is a shell-type of boot made of one, two, or three portions;   the boot further comprises a front and/or rear end-piece removable in relation to the base.   
     
     
         23 . A boot according to  claim 22 , wherein;
 the positions of the respective portions are adjustable in relation to each other.   
     
     
         24 . A boot according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 a contact interface of the gliding or rolling apparatus comprises (1) the binding device for fastening a front end of the boot, structured and arranged to cooperate with the front end of the boot, or (2) a surface of the gliding or rolling apparatus.