Ice hockey runner-blade assembly
First Claim
1. A hockey skate, comprising:
- a boot including a sole;
a first cup attached to the sole, the first cup comprising a first material having first vibration-damping properties;
a second cup attached to the sole, the second cup comprising a second material different than the first material, the second material having second vibration-damping properties different than the first vibration-damping properties; and
a runner-blade assembly removably attached to the first and second cups.
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Abstract
A customizable hockey skate includes a removable runner-blade assembly such that a runner-blade assembly having a first stiffness may be readily replaced with a runner-blade assembly having a second stiffness. The runner-blade assembly may be removably attached to first and second cups that are optionally removably attached to the sole of a skate boot. The first and second cups optionally are removably attachable at multiple lateral locations on the sole. Mounting plates to which the first and second cups are mounted may be included to provide damping interfaces between the first and second cups and the boot sole. The first and second cups may be separately removable from the sole such that the first cup may be replaced with a third cup (for example, a cup having a different stiffness than the first cup) without removal of the second cup.
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18 Claims
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1. A hockey skate, comprising:
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a boot including a sole; a first cup attached to the sole, the first cup comprising a first material having first vibration-damping properties; a second cup attached to the sole, the second cup comprising a second material different than the first material, the second material having second vibration-damping properties different than the first vibration-damping properties; and a runner-blade assembly removably attached to the first and second cups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A hockey skate, comprising:
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a boot including a sole; a first cup removably attached to the sole, the first cup comprising a first material having first vibration-damping properties; a second cup removably attached to the sole, the second cup comprising a second material different than the first material, the second material having second vibration-damping properties different than the first vibration-damping properties; and a runner-blade assembly attached to the first and second cups. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of changing the vibration-damping properties of a skate that includes a first runner-blade assembly attached to a first cup and a second cup, with the first and second cups attached to a sole of the skate, comprising:
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detaching the first runner-blade assembly from the first and second cups; and attaching a second runner-blade assembly to the first and second cups, the second runner-blade assembly having the same physical configuration as the first runner-blade assembly but having different vibration-damping properties than the first runner-blade assembly. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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