Winter sport equipment

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The sport equipment, for example in boot form consists of a, pair of sole plates (3) each having two gliding edges along, its sides. To permit both gliding or skating steps and ordinary walking, the present invention provides for sole plates (3) whose width increases from the toe end (A) to the part for the ball of the foot (B) and then remains the same to the heel end (C). The underside of the sole plate has a generally flat standing surface (S) from the heel end (C) to the part for the ball of the foot (B), and a walking surface (G) that slopes up from there to the toe end (A). The heel end (C) may be formed as a heel-brake skid (6) and the toe end (A) may be formed as a spade tip (7). …