CA1047558A - Molded skate boot - Google Patents
Molded skate bootInfo
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- CA1047558A CA1047558A CA226,864A CA226864A CA1047558A CA 1047558 A CA1047558 A CA 1047558A CA 226864 A CA226864 A CA 226864A CA 1047558 A CA1047558 A CA 1047558A
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Abstract
Abstract of the Disclosure A skate is described having a runner, a boot portion including a sole, support means connecting the runner to the sole, the boot including a forward upper portion of molded construction and a rear heel portion slidably connected with the forward portion for limited relative movement towards and away from the upper portion.
Description
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~he present invention relates to skates, and more particularly, to ice skates.
Ice skates comprise a running blade attached to the sole of an especially adapted boot. Conventionally, the boot is made of leather and is laced from the upper of the boot in order to provide a firm fit about the wearer's foot and ankle.
The boot is best reinforced and often has hard plastic protec-tive portions at the toe area and in the heel area to protect the wearer's foot and ankle, particularly in the sport of ice hockey.
In recent years an ice hockey skate has been developed wherein the complete boot was molded from a rigid plastics material. However, although the plastic skate boot has met with acceptance, it has only slight advantages over the conventional leather boot. It offers protection since the shell is rigid, and it provides a firmer support for the ankle. However, the boot must still be laboriously laced, and the firmness of the boot on the wearer's foot depends on the strength and ability of the person lacing the boot to find a proper tension in the lacing which, while maintaining the boot firm on one's foot, would not cut the circulation of blood to the foot. One of the disadvantages in a conventional ice skate boot, be it of plas-tics material or leather, is that the lacing procedure provides for pressure against the foot from the upper thereby pressing the heel towards the heel of the boot and moving the fore foot portion away from the toe area of the upper. The upper of a boot, however, has a natural wedge shape and the pressure being placed on the upper portion of the foot moves the foot away from this natural wedging action.
Anyone who has ever put on a pair of ice skates knows the trouble and care that must be taken in the proper lacing of the boot in order to get the ultimate skate control. Only the - 1 - ~
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experienced skater can master the proper lacing technique and amount of tension.
It is an aim of the present invention to provide an ice! skate boot which would avoid the necessity of lacing the boot on one's foot.
A further aim of the present invention is to provide a boot of molded plastics material which is rigid and which incorporates the advantages of the molded plastics ski boot but without the disadvantages of conventional lacing as on the present day plastics ice skate boot.
It is a further aim of the present invention to pro-vide a boot in which the foot can be firmly wedged into the natural wedge shape of the upper.
It is a further aim of the present invention to pro-vide an improved detachable runner or blade portion.
A construction in accordance with the present inven-tion includes a skate having a runner, a boot portion including a sole, support means connecting the runner to the sole, the boot including a forward upper portion of molded construction and a rear heel portion slidably connected with the forward upper portion for limited relative movement therewith, and means for fastening the heel portion relative to the upper portion.
The invention will now be described in detail having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of a skate having the novel boot construction:
Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section taken longitu-dinally of the boot of Figure l;
Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section taken along lines 3-3 of Figure l; and Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a detail 1(~475S~
of the boot.
Referring now to the drawings, there is included a skate 10 having a blade 12 and blade supports 14 and 15 con-nected to the heel 16 and sole 18 respectively. The heel 16 and sole 18 are connected to the heel portion and sole portion of a boot 20. The boot 20 is made up of two molded parts, namely, a boot upper 22 and a boot heel and tendon guard 24.
The molded parts 22 and 24 are molded from suitable, relatively rigid, plastic materials, such as those used within present-day ski boots. An insulating liner 21 is provided within the boot.
There are slots 26 and 28 provided opposite each other, and a rear portion of the boot upper 22, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
The heel and tendon guard portion 24 is provided with flanged pins 30 and 32 which slide within the slots 26 and 28 respec-tively.
In the cross-section shown in Figure 3, the flanged pins 30 and 32 are shown in detail. Referring to flange 30, there is provided a shank 31 which extends through and is fixed to the wall of the heel and tendon portion 24 but which is adapted to slide in the slot 26 formed in the wall of the upper 22. A washer 33 can be located on the inside of the boot, and the shank can be held therein by means of a lock washer 35.
Similar elements in flanged pin 32 are referred to with the subscript A.
A metal holder 80 is fixed to the shank 31 of the pin 30 and includes a loop 82 as will be described hereunder.
Similarly, a metal holder 84 is fixed to the flanged pin 32 and mounts a loop 86. A strap 88 may be clamped or fixed to the sole portion 18 and passes through the loop 86 as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 4O The other end of the strap passes through loop 82 (not shown) and is adapted to be buckled with the end of the strap 88 passing through the loop 86 as shown in h - 3 -;10475SB
the drawing.
A strap 90 passes about the heel and tendon portion 24 through a loop 92 and can be fastened together at the top front of the upper 22 as shown in Figure 1.
In operation, the heel and tendon guard portion 24 is moved rearwardly against the edges of the slots-26 and 28 and can be pivoted in a counterclockwise manner to allow a foot to be inserted into the boot 20. Once a foot is inserted in the boot, the heel and tendon guard portion 24 is simply slid back so that the inner liner 21 comfortably contacts the rear heel portion of the wearer's foot. In order to firmly tighten the boot about the wearer's foot, the straps 88 and 90 are simply buckled and tightened in a conventional manner thereby moving the heel and tendon guard portion against the heel and Achilles tendon portion of the foot wedging the foot into the upper 22.
~he present invention relates to skates, and more particularly, to ice skates.
Ice skates comprise a running blade attached to the sole of an especially adapted boot. Conventionally, the boot is made of leather and is laced from the upper of the boot in order to provide a firm fit about the wearer's foot and ankle.
The boot is best reinforced and often has hard plastic protec-tive portions at the toe area and in the heel area to protect the wearer's foot and ankle, particularly in the sport of ice hockey.
In recent years an ice hockey skate has been developed wherein the complete boot was molded from a rigid plastics material. However, although the plastic skate boot has met with acceptance, it has only slight advantages over the conventional leather boot. It offers protection since the shell is rigid, and it provides a firmer support for the ankle. However, the boot must still be laboriously laced, and the firmness of the boot on the wearer's foot depends on the strength and ability of the person lacing the boot to find a proper tension in the lacing which, while maintaining the boot firm on one's foot, would not cut the circulation of blood to the foot. One of the disadvantages in a conventional ice skate boot, be it of plas-tics material or leather, is that the lacing procedure provides for pressure against the foot from the upper thereby pressing the heel towards the heel of the boot and moving the fore foot portion away from the toe area of the upper. The upper of a boot, however, has a natural wedge shape and the pressure being placed on the upper portion of the foot moves the foot away from this natural wedging action.
Anyone who has ever put on a pair of ice skates knows the trouble and care that must be taken in the proper lacing of the boot in order to get the ultimate skate control. Only the - 1 - ~
~q~
1Q47S~
experienced skater can master the proper lacing technique and amount of tension.
It is an aim of the present invention to provide an ice! skate boot which would avoid the necessity of lacing the boot on one's foot.
A further aim of the present invention is to provide a boot of molded plastics material which is rigid and which incorporates the advantages of the molded plastics ski boot but without the disadvantages of conventional lacing as on the present day plastics ice skate boot.
It is a further aim of the present invention to pro-vide a boot in which the foot can be firmly wedged into the natural wedge shape of the upper.
It is a further aim of the present invention to pro-vide an improved detachable runner or blade portion.
A construction in accordance with the present inven-tion includes a skate having a runner, a boot portion including a sole, support means connecting the runner to the sole, the boot including a forward upper portion of molded construction and a rear heel portion slidably connected with the forward upper portion for limited relative movement therewith, and means for fastening the heel portion relative to the upper portion.
The invention will now be described in detail having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of a skate having the novel boot construction:
Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section taken longitu-dinally of the boot of Figure l;
Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section taken along lines 3-3 of Figure l; and Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a detail 1(~475S~
of the boot.
Referring now to the drawings, there is included a skate 10 having a blade 12 and blade supports 14 and 15 con-nected to the heel 16 and sole 18 respectively. The heel 16 and sole 18 are connected to the heel portion and sole portion of a boot 20. The boot 20 is made up of two molded parts, namely, a boot upper 22 and a boot heel and tendon guard 24.
The molded parts 22 and 24 are molded from suitable, relatively rigid, plastic materials, such as those used within present-day ski boots. An insulating liner 21 is provided within the boot.
There are slots 26 and 28 provided opposite each other, and a rear portion of the boot upper 22, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
The heel and tendon guard portion 24 is provided with flanged pins 30 and 32 which slide within the slots 26 and 28 respec-tively.
In the cross-section shown in Figure 3, the flanged pins 30 and 32 are shown in detail. Referring to flange 30, there is provided a shank 31 which extends through and is fixed to the wall of the heel and tendon portion 24 but which is adapted to slide in the slot 26 formed in the wall of the upper 22. A washer 33 can be located on the inside of the boot, and the shank can be held therein by means of a lock washer 35.
Similar elements in flanged pin 32 are referred to with the subscript A.
A metal holder 80 is fixed to the shank 31 of the pin 30 and includes a loop 82 as will be described hereunder.
Similarly, a metal holder 84 is fixed to the flanged pin 32 and mounts a loop 86. A strap 88 may be clamped or fixed to the sole portion 18 and passes through the loop 86 as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 4O The other end of the strap passes through loop 82 (not shown) and is adapted to be buckled with the end of the strap 88 passing through the loop 86 as shown in h - 3 -;10475SB
the drawing.
A strap 90 passes about the heel and tendon portion 24 through a loop 92 and can be fastened together at the top front of the upper 22 as shown in Figure 1.
In operation, the heel and tendon guard portion 24 is moved rearwardly against the edges of the slots-26 and 28 and can be pivoted in a counterclockwise manner to allow a foot to be inserted into the boot 20. Once a foot is inserted in the boot, the heel and tendon guard portion 24 is simply slid back so that the inner liner 21 comfortably contacts the rear heel portion of the wearer's foot. In order to firmly tighten the boot about the wearer's foot, the straps 88 and 90 are simply buckled and tightened in a conventional manner thereby moving the heel and tendon guard portion against the heel and Achilles tendon portion of the foot wedging the foot into the upper 22.
Claims (8)
1. A boot for a skate having a runner, the boot including a sole, an upper, and a heel portion, means connecting the run-ner to the sole, the upper and sole portion defining a front boot portion forming a tapered foot-receiving recess, said heel portion including a heel member, means slidably connecting said heel portion to said front boot portion for limited, sliding, longitudinal movement of said heel relative to said front boot portion, and means fastening said heel portion such that when a foot is inserted in said front boot portion, said fastening means is adapted to retain said heel portion under pressure against the heel of said foot thereby wedging the foot in said front boot portion.
2. A skate as defined in claim 1, wherein the runner is a blade for use in ice skating.
3. A skate as defined in claim 1, wherein the heel includes a tendon guard portion, and the upper, heel and tendon guard portion comprise molded plastics material.
4. A skate as defined in claim 3, wherein the sole is integrally connected with the upper, and the heel and tendon guard portion are a separate molded piece.
5. A skate as defined in claim 4, wherein the upper has side walls and includes a pair of opposed slots, one in each side wall of the upper, and a pair of flanged pins having shank portions fixed to the heel portion each adapted to slide in the respective slots defined in the upper.
6. A skate as defined in claim 5, wherein the fastening means includes a strap fixed to the upper and passing through connecting means, and upon tightening of the strap, the heel and tendon guard portion slides towards the upper.
7. A skate as defined in claim 6, wherein a soft form-fitting liner is provided within the upper and heel and tendon guard portion.
8. A skate as defined in claim 6, wherein the flanged pin has mounted thereon a bracket holder, said connecting means comprising a loop on said bracket holder, said strap passing through said loop.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB2128574 | 1974-05-14 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| CA1047558A true CA1047558A (en) | 1979-01-30 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA226,864A Expired CA1047558A (en) | 1974-05-14 | 1975-05-14 | Molded skate boot |
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| CA (1) | CA1047558A (en) |
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1975
- 1975-05-14 CA CA226,864A patent/CA1047558A/en not_active Expired
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