Skate or other footwear

A method of making skate boots for skates, the method comprising:

• providing a molding apparatus comprising a plurality of ports for receiving constituents that are different;
• for each skate boot, injecting respective ones of the constituents to produce a material of a body of the skate boot;
• wherein proportions of the respective ones of the constituents injected to produce the material of the body of a first one of the skate boots differ from proportions of the respective ones of the constituents injected to produce the material of the body of a second one of the skate boots.

A method of making skate boots for skates, the method comprising:

• providing a molding apparatus comprising a plurality of ports for receiving an isocyanate, a first polyol, and a second polyol different from the first polyol;
• for each skate boot, injecting the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol to produce a polyurethane of a body of the skate boot;
• wherein proportions of the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol injected to produce the polyurethane of the body of a first one of the skate boots differ from proportions of the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol injected to produce the polyurethane of the body of a second one of the skate boots.

A plurality of skate boots for skates, each of the skate boots comprising a body including a material produced by injecting respective ones of a plurality of constituents, wherein proportions of the respective ones of the constituents injected to produce the material of the body of a first one of the skate boots differ from proportions of the respective ones of the constituents injected to produce the material of the body of a second one of the skate boots.

A plurality of skate boots for skates, each of the skate boots comprising a body including a polyurethane produced by injecting an isocyanate, a first polyol, and a second polyol, wherein proportions of the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol injected to produce the polyurethane of the body of a first one of the skate boots differ from proportions of the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol injected to produce the polyurethane of the body of a second one of the skate boots.

A method of making articles of footwear, the method comprising:

• providing a molding apparatus comprising a plurality of ports for receiving constituents that are different;
• for each article of footwear, injecting respective ones of the constituents to produce a material of a body of the article of footwear;
• wherein proportions of the respective ones of the constituents injected to produce the material of the body of a first one of the articles of footwear differ from proportions of the respective ones of the constituents injected to produce the material of the body of a second one of the articles of footwear.

A method of making articles of footwear, the method comprising:

• providing a molding apparatus comprising a plurality of ports for receiving an isocyanate, a first polyol, and a second polyol different from the first polyol;
• for each article of footwear, injecting the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol to produce a polyurethane of a body of the article of footwear;
• wherein proportions of the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol injected to produce the polyurethane of the body of a first one of the articles of footwear differ from proportions of the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol injected to produce the polyurethane of the body of a second one of the articles of footwear.

A plurality of articles of footwear, each of the articles of footwear comprising a body including a material produced by injecting respective ones of a plurality of constituents, wherein proportions of the respective ones of the constituents injected to produce the material of the body of a first one of the articles of footwear differ from proportions of the respective ones of the constituents injected to produce the material of the body of a second one of the articles of footwear.

A plurality of articles of footwear, each of the articles of footwear comprising a body including a polyurethane produced by injecting an isocyanate, a first polyol, and a second polyol, wherein proportions of the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol injected to produce the polyurethane of the body of a first one of the articles of footwear differ from proportions of the isocyanate, the first polyol, and the second polyol injected to produce the polyurethane of the body of a second one of the articles of footwear.

A skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising:

• a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user, the skate boot comprising a body that comprises a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to receive an ankle of the user;
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• a blade holder disposed below the skate boot and configured to hold a blade for engaging the ice, the blade holder comprising an integrally-formed portion formed integrally with the body of the skate boot, the blade holder comprising a core formed separately from the integrally-formed portion of the blade holder and the body of the skate boot and affixed to the integrally-formed portion of the blade holder.

The skate of any one of claims 105 to 114, wherein the reinforcement of the cap comprises reinforcing fibers.

A skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising:

• a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user, the skate boot comprising a body that comprises a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to receive an ankle of the user;
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• a blade holder disposed below the skate boot and configured to hold a blade for engaging the ice, at least part of the blade holder being formed integrally with the body of the skate boot, the blade holder comprising a blade-retaining base configured to retain the blade and a front pillar and a rear pillar that extend upwardly from the blade-retaining base towards the skate boot, a given one of the front pillar and the rear pillar extending downwardly from a respective one of a front sole part of the skate boot and a rear sole part of the skate boot, a width of the given one of the front pillar and the rear pillar being at least 80% of a width of the respective one of the front sole part of the skate boot and the rear sole part of the skate boot.

A skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising:

• a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user, the skate boot comprising a body that comprises a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to receive an ankle of the user;
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• a blade holder disposed below the skate boot and configured to hold a blade for engaging the ice, at least part of the blade holder being formed integrally with the body of the skate boot, the blade holder comprising a blade-retaining base configured to retain the blade and a front pillar and a rear pillar that extend upwardly from the blade-retaining base towards the skate boot, a given one of the front pillar and the rear pillar extending downwardly from a respective one of a front sole part of the skate boot and a rear sole part of the skate boot and being at least as wide as the respective one of the front sole part of the skate boot and the rear sole part of the skate boot.

A skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising:

• a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user, the skate boot comprising a body that comprises a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to receive an ankle of the user;
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• a blade holder disposed below the skate boot and configured to hold a blade for engaging the ice, at least part of the blade holder being formed integrally with the body of the skate boot, the blade holder comprising a blade-retaining base configured to retain the blade and a front pillar and a rear pillar that extend upwardly from the blade-retaining base towards the skate boot, the blade holder being configured to hold the blade such that the blade is unsupported by the blade holder between the front pillar and the rear pillar.

A skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising:

• a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user, the skate boot comprising a body that comprises a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to receive an ankle of the user;
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• a blade holder disposed below the skate boot and configured to hold a blade for engaging the ice, the blade holder comprising a blade-retaining base configured to retain the blade and a support extending upwardly from the blade-retaining base towards the skate boot, the blade-retaining base comprising a blade-receiving slot extending from a front portion of the blade-retaining base to a rear portion of the blade-retaining base and configured to receive the blade, the blade-receiving slot being wider in an intermediate portion of the blade-retaining base between the front portion of the blade-retaining base and the rear portion of the blade-retaining base than in the front portion of the blade-retaining base and in the rear portion of the blade-retaining base.

A skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising:

• a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user, the skate boot comprising a body that comprises a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to receive an ankle of the user;
• and
• a blade holder disposed below the skate boot and configured to hold a blade for engaging the ice, the blade holder comprising a blade-retaining base configured to retain the blade and a front pillar and a rear pillar that extend upwardly from the blade-retaining base towards the skate boot, the blade-retaining base comprising a blade-receiving slot extending from a front portion of the blade-retaining base to a rear portion of the blade-retaining base and configured to receive the blade, the blade-receiving slot being wider between the front pillar and the rear pillar than beneath the front pillar and beneath the rear pillar.

A skate boot for a skate, the skate boot being configured to receive a foot of a user and comprising a body comprising a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to face an ankle of the user, the body of the skate boot comprising graphical ink implementing graphics and provided by a film, the graphical ink covering at least a majority of a surface area of an ink-providing side of the film providing the graphical ink.

A method of making a skate boot for a skate, the skate boot being configured to receive a foot of a user, the method comprising:

• forming a body of the skate boot comprising a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to face an ankle of the user;
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• positioning a film including graphical ink to implement graphics on the body of the skate boot, the graphical ink covering at least a majority of a surface area of an ink-providing side of the film providing the graphical ink.

A skate boot for a skate, the skate boot being configured to receive a foot of a user and comprising a body comprising a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to face an ankle of the user, the body of the skate boot including:

• a plurality of layers formed integrally with one another by flowing in a molding apparatus;
• graphical ink implementing graphics and disposed between a first one of the layers and a second one of the layers of the body of the skate boot, the graphical ink being solventless.

A skate boot for a skate, the skate boot being configured to receive a foot of a user and comprising a body comprising a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to face an ankle of the user, the body of the skate boot including:

• a plurality of layers formed integrally with one another by flowing in a molding apparatus;
• graphical ink implementing graphics and disposed between a first one of the layers and a second one of the layers of the body of the skate boot, a surface energy of the graphical ink being less than 32 dynes/cm.

An article of footwear configured to receive a foot of a user, the article of footwear comprising a body comprising a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, and a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, the body of the article of footwear including:

• a plurality of layers formed integrally with one another by flowing in a molding apparatus;
• graphical ink implementing graphics and disposed between a first one of the layers and a second one of the layers of the body of the article of footwear, the graphical ink being solventless.

An article of footwear configured to receive a foot of a user, the article of footwear comprising a body comprising a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, and a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, the body of the article of footwear including:

• a plurality of layers formed integrally with one another by flowing in a molding apparatus;
• graphical ink implementing graphics and disposed between a first one of the layers and a second one of the layers of the body of the article of footwear, a surface energy of the graphical ink being less than 32 dynes/cm.

A skate boot for a skate, the skate boot being configured to receive a foot of a user and comprising a body comprising a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to face an ankle of the user, the body of the skate boot including a plurality of layers formed integrally with one another by flowing in a molding apparatus, wherein a given one of the layers comprises an opening that opens onto an adjacent one of the layers.

An article of footwear configured to receive a foot of a user, the article of footwear comprising a body comprising a medial side portion to face a medial side of the user's foot, a lateral side portion to face a lateral side of the user's foot, a heel portion to receive a heel of the user's foot, and an ankle portion to face an ankle of the user, the body of the article of footwear including a plurality of layers formed integrally with one another by flowing in a molding apparatus, wherein a given one of the layers comprises an opening that opens onto an adjacent one of the layers.