Skate shoe having an adjustable plate mounted thereto

• US 5,184,834 A
• Filed: 10/01/1991
• Issued: 02/09/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chung-Hsiung Yu
• Original Assignee: Chung-Hsiung Yu
• Inventors: Yu, Chung-Hsiung
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Johnson, Brian L.
• Application Number:
  US07/770,985
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 280/7.13, 280/11.16, 280/11.26, 280/11.27, 280/11.31, 280/11.32, 280/11.33, 280/11.34, 36/1, 36/97, 36/102, 36/115
• US Class Current: 280/7.13
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 1/22 with special foot-plates of the boot
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/18 convertible into ice or snow-running skates

Abstract

A skate shoe has a sole plate and a skating unit which is detachably attached to the sole plate. The sole plate includes a front section, a rear section spaced from the front section and a connecting member adjustably interconnecting the front and rear sections. The front section has a toe cup provided on an upper side of the front section. The rear section has a heel cup provided on an upper side of the rear section. A fixing device provided between the heel cup and the toe cup, holds a foot inserted between them in a firm position.

Claims

1. An adjustable shoe attachable to a skating means comprising:

a sole plate;

a front section and a rear section spaced from said front section by an adjustable distance, each of said front and rear sections having a fixing means by which to detachably attach said front and rear sections to said skating means, said front section having a toe cup on an upper side of said sole plate, said toe cup extending towards said rear section, and said rear section having a heel cup on the upper side of said sole plate, said heel cup extending towards said front section;

wherein said fixing means is a pair of elongated slots formed in a parallel manner on said front and rear sections respectively and screws inserted through said elongated slots to connect said front and rear sections to said skating means;

a connecting member which is provided between and interconnects said front and rear sections; and

means on said connecting member and said front and rear sections for adjusting said spaced apart distance between said front and rear sections.

2. An adjustable shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adjusting means is a pair of elongated slots formed on said connecting member which are spaced from and aligned with one another so that rivets inserted through said slots are connected to said front and rear sections.

3. An adjustable shoe according to claim 1, further comprising means or connecting said toe cup to said heel cup.

4. An adjustable shoe as claimed in claim 3, wherein said connecting means is a VELCRO strap having one portion attached to said toe cup and an other portion, to be fastened to said bone portion, threaded through a ring mounted on said heel cup.

5. An adjustable shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein retractable straps are connected to said toe cup and heel cup.

6. An adjustable shoe according to claim 1, wherein the skating means is a roller skate.

7. An adjustable shoe according to claim 1, wherein the skating means is a roller blades.

8. An adjustable shoe according to claim 1, wherein the skating means is an ice skate.

9. A shoe comprising:

a front part and a rear pair movably connected to one another so as to be adjustable in size, said front part having a toe sole and an anterior shoe part fixed to said toe sole, sand said rear part having a heel sole and a posterior shoe part fixed to said heel sole;

a pleated sole part, disposed between said integrally connected to said toe sole and said heel sole, to enable extension and retraction of said toe sole and said heel sole from one another;

an instep gusset sheet extending from said anterior shoe part to said posterior shoe part

strap means releasably interconnecting said front and rear part; and

an adjustable mounting means for mounting said shoe on a skate means, said mounting means including a front plate fixed to said toe sole, a rear plate fixed to said heel sole, a connecting plate provided between sand slidably connected to said front and rear plates, and fastener means on said front and rear plates to attach said shoe to said skate means.