Hockey skate shield
AssigneeMagna Closures Inc.
InventorsKurt Schatz, J. R. Scott Mitchell, Michael Smart
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Abstract
A skate shield for use with ice skates. The skate shield includes a rigid shell made at least of outer and inner layers of fiber reinforced plastic or polymer (FRP), and a fastener assembly for releasably securing the shell to a boot portion of the ice skate. The shell includes a medial side portion interconnected to a lateral side section via a top portion. A reinforced section formed by reinforcing layers laminated between the outer and inner layers is provided in at least one of the medial side portion and the lateral side portion of the shell.
Claims20
A skate shield for use with an ice skate, comprising:
- a rigid shell fabricated from inner and outer layers of a fiber reinforced material, said shell configured to include a medial side portion interconnected to a lateral side portion and having at least one reinforcing layer of fiber reinforced material laminated between said inner and outer layers;
- and
- a fastener assembly for releasably attaching said medial side portion to said lateral side portion for securing said skate shield to a boot portion of the ice skate.
An ice skate assembly, comprising:
- a boot assembly having a boot;
- and
- a skate assembly attached to said boot assembly;
- wherein said boot includes an outer shell fabricated from a rigid, impact resistant material, an inner shell of a resilient material, and one or more layers of a reinforcing material laminated between said outer shell and said inner shell.
A skate shield for use with an ice skate, comprising:
- a rigid shell having an inner layer of an impact resistant material coated with an outer layer fabricated from a different material, said shell configured to include a medial portion interconnected to a lateral portion;
- an inner liner secured in an internal cavity defined by said shell;
- and
- a fastener assembly for releasably attaching said medial side portion to said lateral side portion for securing said skate shield to a boot portion of the ice skate.
A skate shield for use with an ice skate, comprising:
- a rigid shell having a medial side portion, a lateral side portion, and a top portion, the top potion connects to the medial and lateral side portions forming an ankle aperture and a heel aperture configured to receive the ice skate, and
- a fastener assembly releasably attached to the medial and lateral side portions for assembling the rigid shell to the ice skate,
- wherein the rigid shell is made of at least one layer of reinforced material to provide stiffness to the rigid shell and provided protection to the ice skate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.