Roller skate
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorsLaurent Bonaventure, Jean-Louis Demarchi
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Abstract
An in-line roller skate including a chassis of which one longitudinal lower portion carries the wheels, on the one hand, and a boot formed by a shell overlying a sole adapted to be fixed on an upper plate of the chassis, on the other hand, the volume of the upper being in communication with the outside so as to obtain the internal ventilation thereof by an air supply, wherein it includes air passages interposed between an external collecting zone and the internal volume of the shell, these air passages being constituted by a ventilation chamber provided beneath an internal plantar support of the boot and communicating with the internal volume of the shell.
Claims24
A ventilated sport shoe including a lower frame portion mounting a bearing member, wherein the ventilated sport shoe comprises:
- an upper shoe portion defining an interior adapted to receive a foot;
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- a foot bed including a base secured to the upper shoe portion, the foot bed defining an upper surface capable of receiving the foot and the base defining a lower surface capable of mounting the lower frame thereon, the foot bed defining a ventilation channel formed within or below the upper surface of the foot bed and at least partially traversing the foot bed from an inlet aperture defined on an exterior of the lower surface of the base to an outlet aperture defined on the exterior of the lower surface of the base, the apertures providing ambient airflow into and out of the foot bed from the exterior of the base during use, wherein the ventilation channel is in moisture transport communication with the interior of the upper shoe portion, thereby providing ventilation and moisture transfer from the received foot to the channel and out of the outlet aperture.
An in-line skate including a plurality of wheels, comprising:
- an upper shoe portion defining an interior adapted to surround a user's foot;
- a foot bed including a base secured to the upper shoe portion, the foot bed having an upper surface that supports the user's foot and the base having an exterior surface, wherein the base defines inlet and outlet ventilation apertures on the exterior surface of the base, and the foot bed defines a channel extending from the inlet to the outlet aperture and at least partially along the upper surface of the foot bed to provide ambient airflow into and out of the foot bed from the exterior of the base during use;
- moisture transport means for placing the channel in moisture transport communication with the interior of the upper shoe portion, such that motion of the skater during use causes airflow from the inlet aperture through the channel to the outlet aperture to draw moisture from the interior of the skate;
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- a frame for mounting the plurality of wheels secured to the exterior of the base.
A ventilated sport shoe base having an upper shoe portion adapted to receive a foot and a lower load-bearing surface, wherein the ventilated sport shoe comprises:
- a base adapted to receive the upper shoe portion, the base defining an upper surface capable of receiving the foot and a lower surface capable of mounting the load-bearing surface, the base defining a ventilation channel at least partially traversing the upper surface of the base from an inlet aperture to an outlet aperture, the inlet and outlet apertures being defined on an exterior of the base to provide ambient airflow into and out of the base from the exterior of the base during use;
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- a substrate received within the upper shoe portion on the upper surface of the base and including a plurality of moisture transport pathways therethrough wherein air can flow from the aperture, through the ventilation channel, and out the outlet aperture, drawing moisture from the foot through the moisture transport pathways.
A ventilated sport shoe including a lower frame portion mounting a bearing member, wherein the ventilated sport shoe comprises:
- an upper shoe portion defining an interior adapted to receive a foot;
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- a foot bed including a base secured to the upper shoe portion, the foot bed defining an upper surface capable of receiving the foot and the base defining a lower surface capable of mounting the lower frame thereon, the foot bed defining a ventilation channel formed within or below the upper surface of the foot bed and at least partially traversing the foot bed from an inlet aperture defined on an exterior of the base to an outlet aperture defined on the exterior of the base, the apertures providing airflow into and out of the foot bed during use, wherein the ventilation channel is in moisture transport communication with the interior of the upper shoe portion, thereby providing a ventilation and moisture transfer from the received foot to the channel and out the outlet aperture, wherein the lower surface of the base defines a projection projecting downwardly from the lower surface, the inlet ventilation aperture being defined within the projection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.