LAMINATE QUARTER PANEL FOR A SKATE BOOT AND SKATE BOOT FORMED THEREWITH

• US 20130174449A1
• Filed: 01/06/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sport Maska Incorporated (Adidas AG)
• Original Assignee: Sport Maska Incorporated (Adidas AG)
• Inventors: KOYESS, Philippe, CHRETIEN, Alexandre
• Granted Patent: US 9,392,839 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 36/107
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0235 Different layers of different material
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/0496 boots for touring or hiking skis
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/1625 made from materials with different rigidities
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/1666 characterised by the upper

Abstract

A laminate skate boot having a heel portion, the skate boot comprises: A thermo-shaped laminate quarter panel, the laminate quarter panel forming, at least in part, a quarter of the skate boot. A is heel pocket in the laminate quarter panel in the heel portion of the skate boot for accommodating a heel of a wearer of the boot. A rigid element is within the laminate quarter panel shaped and dimensioned to border, at least in part, the heel pocket. Also, a laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating the skate boot, the laminate quarter panel comprising a rigid element within the laminate quarter panel shaped and dimensioned to border, at least in part, a heel pocket in a heel portion of the skate boot to be fabricated, the heel pocket for accommodating a heel of a wearer of the skate boot.

Claims

1. A laminate skate boot having a heel portion, the skate boot comprising:

a thermo-shaped laminate quarter panel, the laminate quarter panel forming, at least in part, a quarter of the skate boot;

a heel pocket in the laminate quarter panel in the heel portion of the skate boot for accommodating a heel of a wearer of the boot; and

a rigid element within the laminate quarter panel shaped and dimensioned to border, at least in part, the heel pocket.

2. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 1, wherein the rigid element includes a fiber-reinforced polymeric element.

3. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 2, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymeric element is a laminate element that includes a non-fiber reinforced polymeric layer.

4. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 3, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymeric element is positioned on the heel portion of the skate boot and extends downwardly and forwardly from the heel portion on a lateral side of the skate boot and extends downwardly and forwardly from the heel portion on a medial side of the skate boot.

5. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 4, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymeric element is thermo-shaped.

6. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 3, further comprising a thermo-shaped polymeric foam layer towards the interior of the skate boot, and a first thermo-shaped polymeric material layer exteriorly of the polymeric foam layer;

and wherein the fiber-reinforced element is affixed to at least one of the polymeric foam layer and the first polymeric material layer.

7. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 3, further comprising

a thermo-shaped polymeric foam layer towards the interior of the skate boot,

a reinforcement layer exteriorly of the polymeric foam layer,

a first thermo-shaped polymeric material layer exteriorly of the reinforcement layer, and

a second thermo-shaped polymeric material layer exteriorly of the first polymeric material layer;

and

wherein the fiber-reinforced element is affixed to at least one of the first polymeric material layer and the second polymeric material layer.

8. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 2, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer element is a laminate element that includes a fiber layer sandwiched between two non-fiber reinforced polymeric layers.

9. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 1, wherein the rigid element is positioned on the heel portion of the skate boot and extends downwardly and forwardly from the heel portion on a lateral side of the skate boot and extends downwardly and forwardly from the heel portion on a medial side of the skate boot.

10. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 1, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymeric element is thermo-shaped.

11. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 1, further comprising a thermo-shaped polymeric foam layer towards the interior of the skate boot, and a first thermo-shaped polymeric material layer exteriorly of the polymeric foam layer;

and wherein the rigid element is affixed to at least one of the polymeric foam layer and the first polymeric material layer.

12. A laminate skate boot as recited in claim 1, further comprising

a thermo-shaped polymeric foam layer towards the interior of the skate boot,

a reinforcement layer exteriorly of the polymeric foam layer,

a first thermo-shaped polymeric material layer exteriorly of the reinforcement layer, and

a second thermo-shaped polymeric material layer exteriorly of the first polymeric material layer;

and

wherein the rigid element is affixed to at least one of the first polymeric material layer and the second polymeric material layer.

13. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot, the laminate quarter panel comprising a rigid element within the laminate quarter panel shaped and dimensioned to border, at least in part, a heel pocket in a heel portion of the skate boot to be fabricated, the heel pocket for accommodating a heel of a wearer of the skate boot.

14. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 13, wherein the rigid element includes a fiber-reinforced polymeric element.

15. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 14, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymeric element is a laminate element that includes a non-fiber reinforced polymeric layer.

16. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 15, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymeric element is positioned to be on the heel portion of the skate boot to be fabricated and to extend downwardly and forwardly from the heel portion on a lateral side of the skate boot to be fabricated and to extend downwardly and forwardly from the heel portion on a medial side of the skate boot to be fabricated.

17. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 16, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymeric element is thermo-shapable.

18. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 15, further comprising a thermo-shapable polymeric foam layer to be oriented towards the interior of the skate boot to be fabricated, and a first thermo-shaped polymeric material layer to be oriented exteriorly of the polymeric foam layer in the skate boot to be fabricated;

and wherein the fiber-reinforced element is affixed to at least one of the polymeric foam layer and the first polymeric material layer.

19. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 15, further comprising

a thermo-shapable polymeric foam layer to be oriented towards the interior of the skate boot to be fabricated,

a reinforcement layer to be oriented exteriorly of the polymeric foam layer in the skate boot to be fabricated,

a first thermo-shapable polymeric material layer to be oriented exteriorly of the reinforcement layer in the skate boot to be fabricated, and

a second thermo-shapable polymeric material layer to be oriented exteriorly of the first polymeric material layer in the skate boot to be fabricated;

wherein the fiber-reinforced element is affixed to at least one of the first polymeric material layer and the second polymeric material layer.

20. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 14, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymer element is a laminate element that includes a fiber layer sandwiched between two non-fiber reinforced polymeric layers.

21. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 13, wherein the rigid element is to be positioned on the heel portion of the skate boot to be fabricated and to extend downwardly and forwardly from the heel portion on a lateral side of the skate boot to be fabricated and to extend downwardly and forwardly from the heel portion on a medial side of the skate boot to be fabricated.

22. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 13, wherein the fiber-reinforced polymeric element is thermo-shapable.

23. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 13, further comprising a thermo-shapable polymeric foam layer to be oriented towards the interior of the skate boot to be fabricated, and a first thermo-shaped polymeric material layer to be oriented exteriorly of the polymeric foam layer in the skate boot to be fabricated;

and wherein the rigid element is affixed to at least one of the polymeric foam layer and the first polymeric material layer.

24. A laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating a skate boot as recited in claim 13, further comprising

a thermo-shapable polymeric foam layer to be oriented towards the interior of the skate boot to be fabricated,

a reinforcement layer to be oriented exteriorly of the polymeric foam layer in the skate boot to be fabricated,

a first thermo-shapable polymeric material layer to be oriented exteriorly of the reinforcement layer in the skate boot to be fabricated, and

a second thermo-shapable polymeric material layer to be oriented exteriorly of the first polymeric material layer in the skate boot to be fabricated;

wherein the rigid element is affixed to at least one of the first polymeric material layer and the second polymeric material layer.