Skate boot having a lace member with at least one opening
AssigneeBauer Hockey, LLC
InventorIvan Labonte
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Abstract
A skate boot comprising an outer shell including medial and lateral side portions for facing the medial and lateral sides of the foot. Each of the medial and lateral side portions has an upper edge. The skate boot also comprises a lace member mounted to either of the upper edges of the medial and lateral side portions. The lace member has at least one opening for receiving an insert. The lace member has a first flexion mode when no insert is received in the at least one opening and a second flexion mode when the insert is received in the at least one opening. The second flexion mode is different from the first flexion mode.
Claims36
A skate boot for receiving a foot of a user of a skate, the skate boot being configured to support the user's foot above a skating element of the skate, the skate boot comprising:
- a shell comprising a lateral side portion configured to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a medial side portion configured to face a medial side of the user's foot, and an ankle portion configured to receive an ankle of the user;
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- a lacing member configured to lace the skate boot and comprising:
- lacing apertures to receive a lace;
- and
- flexion openings disposed between adjacent ones of the lacing apertures and configured to facilitate flexing of the lacing member when the user's foot moves during skating, each flexion opening comprising an outer portion and an inner portion that is farther from a top edge of the lacing member and wider in a longitudinal direction of the lacing member than the outer portion of the flexion opening.
A skate boot for receiving a foot of a user of a skate, the skate boot being configured to support the user's foot above a skating element of the skate, the skate boot comprising:
- a shell comprising a lateral side portion configured to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a medial side portion configured to face a medial side of the user's foot, and an ankle portion configured to receive an ankle of the user;
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- a lacing member configured to lace the skate boot and comprising:
- lacing apertures to receive a lace;
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- flexion openings disposed between adjacent ones of the lacing apertures, extending from a top edge of the lacing member, and free of any insert therein, each flexion opening comprising an outer portion and an inner portion that is farther from the top edge of the lacing member and wider in a longitudinal direction of the lacing member than the outer portion of the flexion opening.
A skate boot for receiving a foot of a user of a skate, the skate boot being configured to support the user's foot above a skating element of the skate, the skate boot comprising:
- a shell comprising a lateral side portion configured to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a medial side portion configured to face a medial side of the user's foot, and an ankle portion configured to receive an ankle of the user;
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- a lacing member that is configured to lace the skate boot, is injection molded, and comprises:
- lacing apertures to receive a lace;
- and
- flexion facilitators disposed between adjacent ones of the lacing apertures and configured to facilitate flexing of the lacing member when the user's foot moves during skating;
- wherein:
- the flexion facilitators include flexion openings;
- and each flexion opening comprises an outer portion and an inner portion that is farther from the top edge of the lacing member and wider in a longitudinal direction of the lacing member than the outer portion of the flexion opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.