Contoured cover for ice skate boot
OwnerJuliette Hartoninventor
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Abstract
A contoured cover including lateral and medial panels constructed of thermally insulative, stretchable material. Lateral and medial panels are joined to form a unitary body having an ankle opening, a blade opening, and a pair of confronting front flaps. Flap fasteners and blade opening fasteners can be engaged to stretch taut the unitary body to closely conform to the boot outline and cover a substantial portion of the underneath of the boot.
Claims17
A contoured cover for an ice skate boot having a sole and a blade spaced apart from said sole by forward, intermediate, and rearward blade supports having a clearance opening centrally thereunder between the intermediate and rearward blade supports and comprising:
- a lateral covering panel constructed of a thermally, insulative, stretchable material;
- a medial covering panel constructed of a thermally, insulative, stretchable material joined to said lateral covering panel to form a unitary body configured to be fitted in stretched close fitting relation when slipped over said boot, said unitary body being configured in its top extremity with an ankle opening and at its bottom extremity with a blade opening and flanking first and second front flaps terminating in confronting openable edges to be disposed over the instep region of said skate boot when said cover is donned on said boot;
- first and second flap fastener elements mounted on the respective said first and second front flaps and configured to be releasably engagable together to hold said panels in stretched conforming relationship on said boot;
- lateral and medial cover skirts projecting downwardly from said respective lateral and medial covering panels, said skirts configured to, when said cover is on said boot, be drawn inwardly from opposing sides through said clearance opening to cover the central underside of said sole,
- a first skirt fastener disposed at the lower extent of said lateral skirt;
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- a second skirt fastener secured to said medial skirt and configured for overlapping releasable engagement with said first skirt fastener beneath the sole of the boot, whereby said body may be stretched to mount in close fitting relationship on said boot and said skirts stretched downwardly and laterally inwardly under said sole with said fasteners engaged to hold said cover in close fitting relationship on said boot.
A contoured cover for use with an ice skate boot including an upper having predetermined configuration and a sole spaced away from a blade by a clearance opening between blade supports and comprising:
- a pair of stretchable, thermally insulative, side panels having confronting forefoot and heel edges, said panels being joined together at said edges to form a unitary body for covering said upper and including an ankle opening, an instep opening flanked by a pair of confronting flaps to be releasably secured by a zipper, a forward edge that extends beneath said sole to abut said forward blade support, and a blade opening, said side panels further including free bottom edges curving downwardly from the forefoot and heel extremities to form integral cover skirts having complementary hook and loop fastener elements, said skirts being constructed to, when said cover is on said boot, to be drawn inward under the sole through said clearance opening to overlap in a vertical plane passing through the centerline of said sole and releasably engage said fastener elements thereby substantially covering the sole of the boot.
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