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US 6,102,412 AGranted
Skate with a molded boot
AssigneeRollerblade, Inc.
InventorMichael G. Staffaroni
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Abstract
A skate includes a rigid frame with a plurality of wheels and a skate boot coupled to the frame. The boot has a lower outer shell, an inner soft shoe and a vibration-dampening and shock-absorbing material bed at least partially interposed between the lower outer shell and the soft shoe. The lower outer shell has greater rigidity than the material bed and soft shoe and has greater flexibility than the rigid frame.
Claims22
A skate, comprising:
- a frame having a plurality of skate wheels rotatably secured thereto;
- a boot including a rigid lower outer shell, a soft shoe, and a vibration dampening material bed at least partially interposed between said rigid lower outer shell and said soft shoe, said boot operably connected to said frame;
- said lower outer shell including a sole and sidewalls extending upwardly from said sole, said rigid lower outer shell being constructed with materials having greater rigidity relative to said material bed and said soft shoe, and having less rigidity relative to said frame;
- said soft shoe including a foot portion and a cuff portion;
- said material bed including a heel portion, a sole extending from said heel portion to at least an area along which an arch of a user's foot extends when the user is wearing said boot, and sidewalls extending upwardly from said sole, said material bed positioned at least partially within said rigid lower outer shell such that said sole of said material bed overlays at least a portion of said sole of said rigid lower outer shell and mating portions of said sidewalls of said material bed engage at least a portion of said sidewalls of said rigid lower outer shell with at least one of said mating portions of said sidewalls extending upwardly from said sole and extending longitudinally from said heel portion to at least the area along which the arch of the user's foot extends when the user is wearing said boot;
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- wherein each of said sidewalls of said material bed includes a portion positioned substantially longitudinally adjacent to the area along which the arch of the user's foot extends when the user is wearing said boot.
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A skate, comprising:
- a frame having a plurality of skate wheels rotatably secured thereto;
- a boot including a rigid lower outer shell, a soft shoe, and a vibration-dampening material bed at least partially interposed between said rigid lower outer shell and said soft shoe, said boot operably coupled to said frame;
- said rigid lower outer shell including a sole and sidewalls extending upwardly from said sole, said rigid lower outer shell being constructed with materials having greater rigidity relative to said material bed and said soft shoe, and having less rigidity relative to said frame;
- said soft shoe including a foot portion and a cuff portion;
- said material bed including a heel portion, a sole extending from said heel portion to at least an area along which an arch of a user's foot extends when the user is wearing said boot, and sidewalls extending upwardly from said sole, said material bed positioned at least partially within said rigid lower outer shell such that said sole of said material bed overlays at least a portion of said sole of said rigid lower outer shell and mating portions of said sidewalls of said material bed are adjacent to at least a portion of said sidewalls of said rigid lower outer shell with at least one of said mating portions of said sidewalls extending upwardly from said sole and extending longitudinally from said heel portion to at least the area along which the arch of the user's foot extends when the user is wearing said boot;
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- wherein said material bed is made of a foamed polyurethane material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.