A sports shoe having a thick sole and an enclosed upper in which the toe cap is divided by means of articulating hinge joints into several narrow strips each of which enclose an acute angle with respect to longitudinal axis of the shoe. The articulating hinges are approximately parallel to each other and run from the inside edge of the shoe and towards the heel. The sole is provided with grooves running in parallel to and beneath the moving joints.

A sports shoe is described in which the conventional laces are replaced by one or more straps having sticky cloth surfaces including two component fabrics of different composition adapted to stick together in the nature of the material sold under the trademark VELCRO. The strap is passed through an eyelet connected to one side of the shoe, folded back upon itself, pulled tight, and held together by means of the sticky cloth surfaces.

Improvement in sports watercraft having a floatable hull, a propeller system including a rotatable propeller shaft and propeller for propelling the watercraft in water, a motor for driving the propeller, a throttle for controlling the speed of the motor and steering mechanism for rotating the propeller shaft to steer the watercraft in water, the improvement comprising a water ski disposed beneath and joined to the hull so that at low speeds the water craft floats in the water by means of the hul...

A sports accessory which can be used as a towel comprises a sheet of absorbent material which can be folded along lines (6) in a concertina fashion to form an elongate portion. The accessory may be in the form of a belt provided with an end region (1a) having a buckle (2) and, at the other end, a flap (3) which, with the sheet folded into the form of a belt, can be passed through buckle (2) for securing around the waist of a wearer. In another embodiment, the pleated sheet is permanently secured...

Sports shoes having a string passage aperture and a string passage ring, each of which are arranged at both sides of a forward opening of an upper cover, opposing to each other and along a longitudinal direction of the shoe in order to engage a shoe string and tightly close the forward opening, in which the string passage ring is adapted to engage the shoe string more smoothly as compared with the string passage aperture, each pair of the string passage rings disposed opposing to each other at b...

A sports racket having a head including a first frame within which is strung plural string elements interconnected to form a ball-engaging surface on each face of the racket, further comprises a second frame formed with a hand grip and first and second frame arms projecting outward therefrom. Each first and second frame arm has two welded points of connection with the first frame located respectively at upper and lower portions of the racket head. Upon impact of a ball with the string surface, i...

A sports helmet has a resilient, cushioned lining in the interior having at least one pocket in a rear portion containing an air-activated heat-generating element. The helmet is fabricated with an adjustable interior lining having a plurality of pieces which fit into the interior of the helmet shell. A nose and mouth-covering portion of the lining is constructed from two separate lining members having a plurality of strategically located hook-and-listeners which enable the lining interior to be ...

A pack for wearing on the back of the user for carrying sport equipment, the pack being formed of a back portion of flexible material configured to generally cover the back of the user, there being a first and second opening in the back portion adjacent the opposed lower corners thereof, a left and a right shoulder strap each being affixed at one end to the back portion upper edge, the shoulder straps extending through the openings in the back portion and being adapted to be attached at their ot...

A safe protective sports helmet is provided which includes a hat body, the hat body is provided therein with a circle of a head encircling element, and is provided rotatably thereon with a rotatable adjusting button. The head encircling elements and the rotatable adjusting button are movably connected with each other. By rotating the rotatable adjusting button, the head encircling elements can be adjusted to fit the head size of a user.

The invention is directed to a sports board (15). In the preferred embodiment, the board comprises an expanded polymer foam core (16), an extruded thermoplastic polymer outer layer (20) having an inner surface (21) and an outer surface (22), an expanded polymer foam intermediate layer (19) between the core and the outer layer which is laminated to the inner surface of the outer layer, the outer surface of the outer layer being substantially planar and having at least one series (23) of longitudi...