SPORTIVE SHOES, IN PARTICULAR, NON-INJURING FOOTBALL BOOTS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A43B5/02 A63B71/12 

FIELD: light industry, in particular, manufacture of sportive shoes, preferably non-injuring football boots.

SUBSTANCE: football boot has non-injuring boot and non-injuring top, said boot and top being equipped with vent openings and being reinforced with thin protective plates jointly creating movable structure and being also adapted for embedding into non-injuring sock or non-injuring gaiter tightly embracing foot and shin. Plates may be replaced with light-weight metal or polymeric reinforcing net or other light-weight shock-absorbing materials. Non-injuring top may be made elongated up to knee or shortened to mid portion of shin and even shorter, in the form of cuff. In shortened version, protective top protrusion is provided in front part of top. Protective plates may be layered at inner side with light-weight soft material and positioned opposite one another at a distance of at least 1.0 mm from one another. Top may be furnished at its rear part with insert having high longitudinal elasticity and provided with drop-type protective flap, and at its upper part with constricting device equipped with Velcro-type fastener. Protective plates are positioned on outer side of covering or, preferably, between covering and inner layer of boot.

EFFECT: increased efficiency in protecting of foot and shin by suppressing or scattering force created during delivering of blows to foot or shin during collisions in the course of football matches and during exercising.

8 cl, 4 dwg