Skate for a hockey goalkeeper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10668358-B2
Application number	US-201615270756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2016
Priority date	Sep 20, 2015
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

A goalie skate for a hockey goalkeeper. The goalie skate may comprise a skate boot for receiving a foot of the hockey goalkeeper, a blade for contacting ice, and a blade holder between the skate boot and the blade. The skate boot comprises an outer shell comprising a synthetic material. The goalie skate may be cowlingless.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A skate for a hockey goalkeeper, the skate comprising:
a skate boot for receiving a foot of the hockey goalkeeper;
a blade for contacting ice; and
a blade holder between the skate boot and the blade;

the skate boot comprising:
an outer shell including a heel portion for receiving a heel of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper, an ankle portion for receiving an ankle of the hockey goalkeeper, a medial side portion for facing a medial side of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper, and a lateral side portion for facing a lateral side of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper;
a toe cap defining a frontmost surface of the skate above the blade holder for facing toes of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper, the toe cap being affixed to the outer shell; and
a tongue connected to the toe cap and defining a highest point of the skate boot; wherein the outer shell comprises (i) a body made of a synthetic first material and (ii) an overlay affixed to an outer surface of the body and defining an outer surface of at least part of the lateral side portion of the outer shell, the overlay comprising a second material, the second material being less rigid than the synthetic first material; wherein a bottom of the lateral side portion of the outer shell is exposed without any cowling covering the bottom of the lateral side portion of the outer shell;
wherein at least one of the heel portion, the ankle portion, the medial side portion and the lateral side portion of the outer shell comprises a reinforced portion for protecting the goalkeeper from pucks during play and a non-reinforced portion; and
wherein a ratio of a thickness of the reinforced portion over a thickness of the non- reinforced portion is at least 1.1.

2. The skate of claim 1 , wherein the skate allows an angle of attack with the ice of at least 140°.

3. The skate of claim 1 , wherein the skate allows an angle of attack with the ice of at least 145°.

4. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a support height of the skate is at least 70 mm.

5. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a support height of the skate is at least 75 mm.

6. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the lateral side portion of the outer shell is greater than a thickness of the medial side portion of the outer shell.

7. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the lateral side portion of the outer shell varies such that the thickness of a first area of the lateral side portion of the outer shell is greater than the thickness of a second area of the lateral side portion of the outer shell.

8. The skate of claim 7 , wherein the first area of the lateral side portion of the outer shell is lower than the second area of the lateral side portion of the outer in the height-wise direction of the skate.

9. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the heel portion of the outer shell is greater than a thickness of the medial side portion of the outer shell.

10. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a modulus of elasticity of the lateral side portion of the outer shell is greater than a modulus of elasticity of the medial side portion of the outer shell.

11. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a modulus of elasticity of the lateral side portion of the outer shell varies such that the modulus of elasticity of a first area of the lateral side portion of the outer shell is greater than the modulus of elasticity of a second area of the lateral side portion of the outer shell.

12. The skate of claim 11 , wherein the first area of the lateral side portion of the outer shell is lower than the second area of the lateral side portion of the outer shell in the height-wise direction of the skate.

13. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a modulus of elasticity of the heel portion of the outer shell is greater than a modulus of elasticity of the medial side portion of the outer shell.

14. The skate of claim 1 , wherein the synthetic first material of the outer shell is molded material.

15. The skate of claim 2 , wherein the molded material of the outer shell is thermoformed material.

16. The skate of claim 1 , wherein the synthetic first material comprises a composite material.

17. The skate of claim 1 , wherein the composite material comprises fibers in a polymeric matrix.

18. The skate of claim 1 , wherein the second material comprises at least one of polypropylene, nylon, polyester, polyvinyl chloride, styrene-butadiene copolymer, and ionomer resin.

19. The skate of claim 1 , wherein the second material is bonded to the synthetic first material.

20. The skate of claim 1 , wherein the second material is overmolded onto synthetic first material.

21. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second material of the outer shell is different from a thickness of the synthetic first material of the outer shell.

22. The skate of claim 1 , wherein: the toe cap comprises a lateral side portion for facing a small toe of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper and a medial side portion for facing a big toe of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper; and a thickness of the lateral side portion of the toe cap is greater than a thickness of the medial side portion of the toe cap.

23. The skate of claim 1 , wherein: the toe cap comprises a lateral side portion for facing a small toe of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper, a medial side portion for facing a big toe of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper, and an end portion between the lateral side portion and the medial side portion of the toe cap; and a thickness of the end portion of the toe cap is greater than a thickness of the medial side portion of the toe cap.

24. The skate of claim 1 , wherein the toe cap comprises a lateral side portion for facing a small toe of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper, and a thickness of the lateral side portion of the toe cap varies such that the thickness of a first area of the lateral side portion of the toe cap is greater than the thickness of a second area of the lateral side portion of the toe cap.

25. The skate of claim 24 , wherein the first area of the lateral side portion of the toe cap is lower than the second area of the lateral side portion of the toe cap in the height-wise direction of the skate.

26. The skate of claim 1 , wherein a first part of the toe cap is stiffer than a second part of the toe cap.

27. The skate of claim 26 , wherein: the toe cap comprises a lateral side portion for facing a small toe of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper and a medial side for facing a big toe of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper; the first part of the toe cap comprises at least part of the lateral side portion of the toe cap; and the second part of the toe cap comprises at least part of the medial side portion of the toe cap.

28. The skate of claim 26 , wherein: the toe cap comprises a lateral side portion for facing a small toe of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper, a medial side for facing a big toe of the foot of the hockey goalkeeper, and an end portion between the lateral side portion and the medial side portion of the toe cap; the first part of the toe cap comprises at least part of the end portion of the toe cap; and the second part of the toe cap comprises at least part of the medial side portion of the toe cap.

29. The skate of claim 26 , wherein the first part of the toe cap is thicker than the second part of the toe cap.

30. The skate of claim 1

Assignees

• Bauer Hockey Corp
• Bauer Hockey Llc

Inventors

• Dubois Sebastien
• Desrochers Charles-Antoine
• Leblanc Alexandre
• Harvey Guillaume
• Seguin Alexis

Classifications

• A63C1/303 Primary

  removably fastened to the blade holder · CPC title

• A63C1/00

  Skates (roller skates or skate boards A63C17/00) · CPC title

• A43B5/1683

  characterised by the lower part of the upper or by the shell · CPC title

• A43B5/1691 Primary

  characterised by the higher part of the upper, e.g. surrounding the ankle, by the quarter or cuff · CPC title

• A43B5/1625

  made from materials with different rigidities · CPC title