Protector for protecting a skate and a user's foot
AssigneeBauer Hockey, LLC
InventorsGAETAN CHAMPAGNE, Jean-Francois Corbeil
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Abstract
A protector for protecting a skate (e.g., an ice skate) and a foot of a user (e.g., a hockey player) against impacts, such as from pucks (e.g., during shots, which can be powerful), to reduce risks of pain or injury from such impacts, in which the protector is fastenable to the skate, is configured to cover at least part of a skate boot of the skate, and may be designed to facilitate its use, including by facilitating the user donning (i.e., putting on) and doffing (i.e., removing) the skate (e.g., while the protector is fastened to the skate boot), and/or to look like the skate boot (e.g., so as to be relatively unnoticeable such that it can seem as if it is not there).
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A protector for protecting a skate and a foot of a user against impacts, the skate comprising a skate boot defining a cavity configured to receive the user's foot, the skate comprising a skating device disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface, the protector comprising:
- a cover configured to cover at least part of the skate boot and provide impact protection;
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- a fastening system configured to fasten the protector to the skate;
- wherein the protector allows the user to don and doff the skate while the fastening system fastens the protector to the skate.
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A protector for protecting a skate and a foot of a user against impacts, the skate comprising a skate boot defining a cavity configured to receive the user's foot, the skate boot comprising a medial side portion configured to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion configured to face a lateral side of the user's foot, an ankle portion configured to receive an ankle of the user, a heel portion configured to receive a heel of the user's foot, a sole portion configured to face a plantar surface of the user's foot, and a toe portion configured to receive toes of the user's foot, the skate comprising a skating device disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface, the protector comprising:
- a cover configured to cover at least part of the skate boot and provide impact protection, the cover comprising a medial wall configured to cover at least part of the medial side portion of the skate boot, a lateral wall configured to cover at least part of the lateral side portion of the skate boot, and a heel wall configured to cover at least part of the heel portion of the skate boot;
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- a fastening system configured to fasten the protector to the skate.
A protector for protecting a skate and a foot of a user against impacts, the skate comprising a skate boot defining a cavity configured to receive the user's foot, the skate boot comprising an instep portion configured to face an instep of the user's foot, the skate comprising a skating device disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface, the protector comprising:
- a cover configured to cover at least part of the skate boot, leave the instep portion of the skate boot exposed, and provide impact protection;
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- a fastening system configured to fasten the protector to the skate.
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A protector for protecting a skate and a foot of a user against impacts, the skate comprising a skate boot defining a cavity configured to receive the user's foot, the skate comprising a skating device disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface, the protector comprising:
- a cover configured to cover at least part of the skate boot and provide impact protection, the cover comprising a plurality of layers that include a plurality of materials different from one another;
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- a fastening system configured to fasten the protector to the skate.
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A protector for protecting a skate and a foot of a user against impacts, the skate comprising a skate boot defining a cavity configured to receive the user's foot, the skate comprising a skating device disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface, the protector comprising:
- a cover configured to cover at least part of the skate boot and provide impact protection, an appearance of an outer side of the cover being configured to emulate an appearance of an exterior of the skate boot;
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- a fastening system configured to fasten the protector to the skate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.