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US 12,465,111 B2Granted
Skate or other footwear
AssigneeBauer Hockey, LLC
InventorsSebastien Dubois, Christopher Francis, Robert Lavoie, Sebastien Lambert, Peter Liu
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Abstract
Footwear, such as a skate (e.g., a hockey skate), comprising a boot (e.g., a skate boot) or other foot-receiving structure configured to receive a user's foot, in which the boot or other foot-receiving structure is designed to enhance performance, including a range of motion of the user and energy transfer (e.g., to a skating surface while skating or otherwise moving on the skating surface), fit on the user's foot, and/or comfort of the user, such as by having articulated, thermoformable and/or removable parts that may have desired properties in selected regions.
Claims43
A goalie skate for a hockey goalkeeper, the goalie skate comprising:
- a. a skate boot for receiving a foot of the hockey goalkeeper, the skate boot comprising a shell and a liner;
- b. a blade for contacting ice;
- and
- c. a blade holder between the skate boot and the blade;
- the shell comprising a medial side portion configured to face a medial side of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, a lateral side portion configured to face a lateral side of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, a heel portion configured to face a heel of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, and an ankle portion configured to face an ankle of the hockey goalkeeper,
- the shell comprising an upper shell member including at least part of the ankle portion of the shell,
- the shell comprising a lower shell member distinct from the upper shell member and including at least part of the medial side portion of the shell, at least part of the lateral side portion of the shell, and at least part of the heel portion of the shell that are molded with one another as one piece,
- the shell being articulated such that the upper shell member of the shell is movable about a pivot relative to the lower shell member of the shell when the hockey goalkeeper is moving on the ice,
- the upper shell member of the shell and the pivot being configured to interface with the lower shell member of the shell to limit movement of the upper shell member of the shell relative to the lower shell member of the shell,
- the liner being removably disposed within the shell and comprising a thermoformable material such that the liner is configured to be thermoformable about the hockey goalkeeper's foot.
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A goalie skate for a hockey goalkeeper, the goalie skate comprising:
- a. a skate boot for receiving a foot of the hockey goalkeeper, the skate boot comprising a shell and a liner;
- b. a blade for contacting ice;
- and
- c. a blade holder between the skate boot and the blade;
- the shell comprising a medial side portion configured to face a medial side of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, a lateral side portion configured to face a lateral side of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, a heel portion configured to face a heel of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, an ankle portion configured to face an ankle of the hockey goalkeeper, and a toe portion configured to face toes of the hockey goalkeeper, the shell comprising:
- a lower shell member including at least part of the medial side portion of the shell, at least part of the lateral side portion of the shell, at least part of the heel portion of the shell, and at least part of the toe portion of the shell that are molded with one another as one piece;
- and
- an upper shell member distinct from the lower shell member and including at least part of the ankle portion of the shell and pivotable about a pivot relative to the lower shell member when the hockey goalkeeper is moving on the ice, the upper shell member of the shell and the pivot being configured to interface with the lower shell member of the shell to limit the pivoting of the upper shell member of the shell relative to the lower shell member of the shell, the liner being removably disposed within the shell and comprising a thermoformable material configured to be thermoformable about the hockey goalkeeper's foot.
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A goalie skate for a hockey goalkeeper, the goalie skate comprising:
- a. a skate boot for receiving a foot of the hockey goalkeeper, the skate boot comprising a shell and a liner;
- b. a blade for contacting ice;
- and
- c. a blade holder between the skate boot and the blade;
- wherein:
- the shell comprises a medial side portion configured to face a medial side of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, a lateral side portion configured to face a lateral side of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, a heel portion configured to face a heel of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, and an ankle portion configured to face an ankle of the hockey goalkeeper, the shell comprising an upper shell member including at least part of the ankle portion of the shell, the shell comprising a lower shell member distinct from the upper shell member and including at least part of the medial side portion of the shell, at least part of the lateral side portion of the shell, and at least part of the heel portion of the shell that are molded with one another as one piece, the shell being articulated such that the upper shell member of the shell is movable about a pivot relative to the lower shell member of the shell when the hockey goalkeeper is moving on the ice, the upper shell member of the shell and the pivot being configured to interface with the lower shell member of the shell to limit movement of the upper shell member of the shell relative to the lower shell member of the shell, the shell being configured to be thermoformable about the hockey goalkeeper's foot, the liner being disposed within the shell.
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A goalie skate for a hockey goalkeeper, the goalie skate comprising:
- a. a skate boot for receiving a foot of the hockey goalkeeper, the skate boot comprising a shell and a liner;
- b. a blade for contacting ice;
- and
- c. a blade holder between the skate boot and the blade;
- wherein:
- the shell comprises a medial side portion configured to face a medial side of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, a lateral side portion configured to face a lateral side of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, a heel portion configured to face a heel of the hockey goalkeeper's foot, and an ankle portion configured to face an ankle of the hockey goalkeeper;
- the shell comprises a plurality of distinct pieces that are movable relative to one another;
- a lower one of the distinct pieces of the shell includes at least part of the medial side portion of the shell, at least part of the lateral side portion of the shell, and at least part of the heel portion of the shell that are molded with one another;
- the shell is configured to be thermoformable about the hockey goalkeeper's foot;
- and
- the liner is removably disposed within the shell and comprises a thermoformable material configured to be thermoformable about the hockey goalkeeper's foot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.