US 9,833,036 B2Granted

Skate

AssigneeSport Maska Inc.

InventorsPhilippe Koyess, David Dekoos, Alexandre Chretien

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Abstract

A skate having a skate boot with a non-lasted boot shell, the shell having a first non-lasted three-dimensional sub-shell and a second non-lasted three-dimensional sub-shell, the second sub-shell being interior to and adjoining the first sub-shell, the first sub-shell comprising a first material having a first density and the second sub-shell comprising a second material having a second density, the second density being less than the first density, the shell being shaped so as to have a heel portion, an ankle portion, a lateral portion, a medial portion, and a sole portion; and a ground-engaging assembly disposed on an underside of the skate. Additional sub-shells are possible. Methods of manufacturing the skate boot shell, including molding and build-up, are also disclosed.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A skate boot configured to receive a foot of a wearer, the skate boot comprising:

a shell including a first sub-shell, the first sub-shell including a first material having a first density, the first sub-shell having a monolithic three-dimensional shape defining a first heel portion, a first ankle portion extending from the first heel portion and configured to overlay an ankle of the wearer, a first lateral portion, a first medial portion, and a first sole portion extending between and connected to the first lateral, medial and heel portions;
and
the shell also including a second sub-shell, the second sub-shell having a three-dimensional shape formed separately from the first sub-shell, the second sub-shell being interior to the first sub-shell, the second sub-shell including a second material having a second density less than the first density, the three-dimensional shape of the second sub-shell defining a second heel portion, a second ankle portion extending from the second heel portion and configured to overlay the ankle of the wearer, a second lateral portion and a second medial portion, the second sub-shell being bonded to the first sub-shell by having the first material directly fused to the second material.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/332,528Filed 16 Jul 2014 · continuation
Priority: 19 Dec 2008
Published: US 2014/0327216 A16 Nov 2014
Granted: 5 Dec 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A43B 5/1616
Skating boots: inner boots
A43B 5/16
Footwear for sporting purposes: skating boots
A43B 5/1625
Skating boots: made from materials with different rigidities
A43B 5/1641
Skating boots: characterised by the sole ; characterised by the attachment of the skate

Family

Application61/139,404Us provisional application · filed 19 Dec 2008
Application12/642,679Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Dec 2009
Application13/766,234Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Feb 2013
US 8,387,286 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Mar 2013
US 2014/0327216 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Nov 2014
US 8,813,393 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2010/0156058 A1Published application
US 2013/0214499 A1Published application
US 9,833,036 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.