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US 12,369,676 B2Granted
Support for a goalkeeper skate and a goalkeeper skate
AssigneeBetterfly Oy
InventorKimmo Rautiainen
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Abstract
The invention discloses a support for a goalkeeper skate and a goalkeeper skate. A support for a goalkeeper skate comprises a protrusion arrangeable on a medial (M) side of the goalkeeper skate. A goalkeeper skate comprising said support is also disclosed. The support and the goalkeeper skate disclosed herein may be used for aligning joints in lower extremities including hip, knee, and ankle joints of an ice hockey or roller hockey goalkeeper.
Claims12
A support for a goalkeeper skate, comprising a protrusion arrangeable on a medial side of the goalkeeper skate wherein
- the protrusion is arranged to align a heel-to-toes axis of the goalkeeper skate to be at an angle (α) of from 0 to −30 degrees with respect to a horizontal plane when placing the goalkeeper skate onto a horizontal surface such that the medial side of the goalkeeper skate faces the horizontal surface,
- the protrusion of the support is arrangeable on the goalkeeper skate on a heel side on the heel-to-toes axis, and
- an outer surface of the protrusion is arranged to facilitate gliding of the skate when the protrusion is touching the horizontal surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.