Composite skate boot and method of making the same
First Claim
1. A skate boot including a lower, an upper and an intermediate portion between the lower and the upper;
- the lower including a sole, a toe and heel portion of the boot and being made of a molded, unitary, rigid plastics material;
the intermediate portion being connected on either side thereof to the lower and including ankle and Achilles tendon portions of the boot, the intermediate portion being made of a relatively flexible material;
the upper including a collar and an upper tendon guard, the upper being connected to upper edge portions of the intermediate portion, the upper being made of a pliable material.
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Abstract
A skate boot comprises a lower, upper and an intermediate portion between the lower and the upper. The lower includes a sole, toe and heel portions made of a molded unitary rigid plastics material. The intermediate portion is connected to the lower and includes ankle and Achilles tendon portions of the boot and is made of a relatively flexible material. The upper including the eyelet bands and the upper tendon guard are made of a pliable material. The construction allows forward flexure and torsional flexibility in the ankle area, foot forming moldability in the upper area of the boot and impact resistant rigidity in the lower.
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12 Claims
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1. A skate boot including a lower, an upper and an intermediate portion between the lower and the upper;
- the lower including a sole, a toe and heel portion of the boot and being made of a molded, unitary, rigid plastics material;
the intermediate portion being connected on either side thereof to the lower and including ankle and Achilles tendon portions of the boot, the intermediate portion being made of a relatively flexible material;
the upper including a collar and an upper tendon guard, the upper being connected to upper edge portions of the intermediate portion, the upper being made of a pliable material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11)
- the lower including a sole, a toe and heel portion of the boot and being made of a molded, unitary, rigid plastics material;
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8. A skate boot having a lower, an ankle portion and an upper;
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the lower being made of a unitary molded rigid plastics material defining a sole and an enclosed toe zone, a metatarsal zone and a heel zone and an elongated opening in the metatarsal zone; the ankle portion including a unitary member of relatively flexible material adapted to extend over the ankle protrusions and part of the Achilles tendon of the wearer, the ankle portion being attached to the lower along the sides thereof; the upper being made of leather or leather-like material and defining a guard covering a portion of the Achilles tendon, an eyelet band on either side of the elongated opening in the lower; the upper being attached to the ankle portion and the eyelet bands of the upper being connected to the lower respectively; an interior liner being provided with the boot is attached at least to the lower and the upper such that the liner extends within the boot over the ankle portion whereby the skate is provided with improved rigidity and wear resistance in the lower, combined with lateral flexibility in the ankle area and formability in the eyelet bands and upper. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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12. A method of forming a skate boot comprising the steps of molding from plastics material, a lower of unitary construction defining the sole, toe, metatarsal and heel of the boot provided with an upstanding continuous edge defining in part an opening for receiving eyelet bands and an ankle portion;
- molding an ankle portion of relatively flexible plastics material;
fixing an upper including eyelet bands to the respective upper edges of the ankle portion at least on the sides thereof;
forming an inner liner and fixing the inner liner to the upper and ankle portion, inserting the so-formed assembly into the lower and fixing the ankle portion along its sides to the upstanding edge of the lower and otherwise fixing the inner liner as well as the eyelet bands of the upper to the lower, and fixing the inner liner to at least the upper and lower portions of the boot.
- molding an ankle portion of relatively flexible plastics material;
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