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.
Claims4
-45. (canceled)
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 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;
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- b. a texture molded during molding of at least part of the body and simulating an appearance of a composite material.
The skate boot of claim 45, wherein the composite material a fiber-reinforced polymeric material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.