Skate
AssigneeBauer Hockey, LLC
InventorsGaetan Champagne, David Daub, Kent Chang
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Abstract
A skate (e.g., an ice skate) for a user (e.g., a hockey player). The skate comprises a skate boot for receiving a foot of the user and a skating device (e.g., a blade and a blade holder) disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface. The skate boot may be constructed by molding (e.g., injection molding) so as to have useful performance and/or characteristics (e.g., reduced weight; enhanced fit, comfort and range of motion; enhanced appearance; etc.) while being cost-effectively manufactured.
Claims23
A skate boot for a skate, the skate comprising a skating device disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface, the skate boot defining a cavity to receive a foot of a user, the skate boot comprising:
- a. a monolithic body comprising an ankle portion to receive an ankle of the user, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, and a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, the monolithic body being injection molded such that the ankle portion, the heel portion, the medial side portion and the lateral side portion are injection molded together and integral with one another;
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- b. a texture integrally formed with the monolithic body and simulating an appearance of a composite material.
A skate comprising:
- a. a skate boot defining a cavity to receive a foot of a user, the skate boot comprising:
- a monolithic body comprising an ankle portion to receive an ankle of the user, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, and a sole portion to face a plantar surface of the user's foot, the monolithic body being injection molded such that the ankle portion, the heel portion, the medial side portion, the lateral side portion, and the sole portion are injection molded together and integral with one another, a thickness of the monolithic body varying, the thickness of an upper part of the monolithic body being greater than the thickness of a lower part of the monolithic body;
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- lacing holes to receive a lace and extending through the monolithic body;
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- b. a skating device disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface;
- wherein at least part of the upper part of the monolithic body is part of at least one of the ankle portion, the heel portion, the medial side and the lateral side portion, and at least part of the lower part of the monolithic body is part of at least one of the ankle portion, the heel portion, the medial side and the lateral side portion.
A skate comprising:
- a. a skate boot defining a cavity to receive a foot of a user, the skate boot comprising:
- a monolithic body comprising an ankle portion to receive an ankle of the user, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, and a sole portion to face a plantar surface of the user's foot, the monolithic body being injection molded such that the ankle portion, the heel portion, the medial side portion, the lateral side portion, and the sole portion are injection molded together and integral with one another, the monolithic body comprising an outer surface and an inner surface defining a thickness of the monolithic body, the outer surface of at least one of:
- the ankle portion;
- the heel portion;
- the medial side portion;
- and the lateral side portion of the monolithic body comprising a plurality of projections such that the thickness of the monolithic body at a given one of the plurality of projections is greater than at another part of the monolithic body;
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- lacing holes to receive a lace and extending through the monolithic body;
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- b. a skating device disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.