초록 ▼

A skate (20) hingedly attached to an elongate ice blade (24) by a frame (22). The skate having an upper shoe portion (26) adapted to receive a foot, and a sole defining a heel end, a metatarsal portion having a metatarsal head area, and a toe end. The skate further includes a midskate hinge member (

A skate (20) hingedly attached to an elongate ice blade (24) by a frame (22). The skate having an upper shoe portion (26) adapted to receive a foot, and a sole defining a heel end, a metatarsal portion having a metatarsal head area, and a toe end. The skate further includes a midskate hinge member (12) defined the metatarsal head portion to permit the upper shoe portion to flex in the metatarsal portion, allowing the heel end to lift away from the ice blade, while the toe end remains substantially parallel with the longitudinal direction of the ice blade. The skate also includes a binding plate (23) fastened to the sole of the skate and extends from the toe end to at least behind the metatarsal head area of the sole. A mid-boot support mount (70) extends upwardly from the frame and is adapted to support the plate at a predetermined location behind the metatarsal head area of the sole to maintain the plate in a stable position as the skater pushes down on the plate and applies thrust to the ice blade. The skate also includes a forward hinge member (10) hingedly attaching the first end (54) of the plate to the ice blade, such that as the upper shoe portion hinges at the forward hinge member and about a lateral axis defined normal to the longitudinal direction of the ice blade, the mid-boot hinge member unflexes and the skater is able to push-off from the forward hinge member without the tip end of the ice blade digging into the surface it is traversing.

대표청구항 ▼

[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] A skate boot hingedly attached to an elongate skate bearing member having a forward and rearward portion, the boot having an upper shoe portion adapted to receive a foot, a medial

[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] A skate boot hingedly attached to an elongate skate bearing member having a forward and rearward portion, the boot having an upper shoe portion adapted to receive a foot, a medial side, a lateral side, and a sole defining a heel end, a metatarsal portion having a metatarsal head area, and a toe end, wherein the boot further comprises:(a) a first hinge member located between a substantially rigid forward sole portion and a substantially rigid rearward sole portion, the first hinge member being connected between the forward and rearward sole portions to permit the boot to flex in the metatarsal portion while the toe end remains substantially parallel with a horizontal plane defined by the bearing member and to permit at least a portion of the heel end to be moved into a raised position relative to the rearward portion of the skate bearing member; and(b) a second hinge member defined in the sole of the boot near the toe end that hingedly attaches the boot to the bearing member, such that the boot is capable of hinging at the second hinge member and about a lateral axis defined relative to the longitudinal direction of the bearing member to permit at least a portion of the toe end to be moved into a raised position relative to the skate bearing member and to permit the user to push-off from the second hinge member.