Skate boot with improved flexibility
AssigneeSport Maska Inc.
InventorAndrew Stewart
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Abstract
A skate boot with a rear element that includes a tendon guard upwardly extending from an outsole of the boot is disclosed. The rear element covers at least a rear portion of an ankle received within the boot. The rear element has a base in connection with a heel portion of the outsole such that the rear element is displaceable relative a remainder of the boot in a forward and rearward direction about the connection. The rear element is an external element of the boot, and has a desired flexibility allowing the rear element to flex in the forward and rearward direction following a given forward and rearward flexion of the ankle.
Claims23
A skate comprising a boot for receiving a wearer's foot and ankle therein and a blade assembly fixed beneath the boot, the boot including:
- an outsole;
- a toe cap extending from a front portion of the outsole;
- an upper including a quarter extending from each side of the outsole and which is connected to the toe cap;
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- a rear element including a tendon guard upwardly extending from the outsole and partially overlapping each quarter to cover at least a rear portion of the ankle received within the boot, the rear element having a base in direct fixed connection with a heel portion of the outsole of the boot such that the rear element is displaceable relative to the quarters in a forward and rearward direction about the fixed connection through flexing of the rear element to follow a given forward and rearward flexion of the ankle, the rear element being disposed outside of the quarters and being separate therefrom.
A skate boot comprising a rear element including a tendon guard upwardly extending from an outsole of the boot, the rear element covering at least a rear portion of an ankle received within the boot, the rear element having a base in direct connection with a heel portion of the outsole and being substantially free of interconnection with a remainder of the boot such that the rear element is displaceable relative the remainder of the boot in a forward and rearward direction about said connection through flexing of the rear element to follow a given forward and rearward flexion of the ankle, the rear element being an external element of the boot.
A method of making a skate boot comprising:
- manufacturing an upper including a quarter on either side thereof;
- manufacturing a rear element including a tendon guard for covering at least a rear portion of the ankle received within the boot;
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- integrally forming the rear element with an outsole of the skate boot to directly engage the rear element to a part of the skate boot outside of the quarters and separately from the quarters such that the rear element is an external element of the boot and such that an upper portion of the rear element is displaceable relative to the quarters in a forward and rearward direction following a given forward and rearward flexion of the ankle without causing creasing of the upper of the skate boot, the upper portion of the rear element being displaceable through flexing of the rear element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.