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Goalie skate protective shell with removable blade

a protective shell and skate technology, applied in the direction of skates, snowboard bindings, skating parts, etc., can solve the problems of difficult manipulation or fixing the entire skate in the blade sharpening machine for re-sharpening the blade edge, time-consuming and costly process, etc., and achieve the effect of convenient us

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-06-23
BLANKENBURG KARL VAN +1
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[0008] The present goalie skate protective shell with removable blade overcomes deficiencies found in previous goalie ice skate protective shells. The holder which is integrally formed as a unitary part of the protective shell removably receives an ice skate blade which uniquely enables the blade to be removed for replacement, sharpening, etc. This makes the protective shell of the present invention easier to use than previously devised goalie skate protective shells.

Problems solved by technology

While the holder is capable of securely fixing the blade to the boot, difficulties arise when the blade must be sharpened since the blade and bulky holder cannot be easily or quickly removed from the boot.
This makes it difficult to manipulate or fixedly secure the entire skate in a blade sharpening machine for re-sharpening the blade edge.
Further, with goalie skates, removal of the blade when the blade is damaged, worn out, or otherwise requires replacement involves removal of all of the rivets attaching the holder to the skate boot.
At best, this is a time consuming and costly process.

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[0015] Referring now to the drawing, and to FIGS. 1-5 in particular, there is depicted a goalie skate 10 having a protective shell 12 with a replaceable blade 14 mounted therein.

[0016] The shell 12 is formed as a one-piece body of a suitable hard plastic, such as polypropylene or polyethylene. The shell 12 includes opposed side walls including an outer side wall 20 and an inner side wall 22. The outer side wall extends between a toe cup 24 and a heel 26, with the toe cup 24 and the heel 26 joining opposed ends of the outer and inner side walls 20 and 22. The terms “outer” and “inner” are used with reference to the user's foot.

[0017] The outer side wall 20 has a relatively low profile, at least in a center portion of the skate 10. This low profile is formed by an upper edge 28 which depends from an upper end at the heel 26 to a lower height side lip portion extending longitudinally along the length of the shell 12 before rising again and curving smoothly into the toe cup 24.

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Abstract

A goalie skate protective shell defines an interior cavity adapted for receiving a goalie ice skate boot. A holder is unitarily formed as part of a sole of the shell and has an open ended, lengthwise extending groove. At least two transversely extending bores are formed in the holder and receive fasteners which extend through the bores and apertures formed in a plurality of legs projecting from a blade mounted in the groove in the holder to removably affix the blade to the holder.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO CO-PENDING APPLICATION [0001] This application is a continuation and a division of co-pending application Ser. No. 09 / 923,694, filed Aug. 7, 2001, which claims the benefit of the priority date of provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 223,517, filed Aug. 7, 2000 in the names of Karl Van Blankenburg and Edward J. Belfour, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Hockey ice skates typically include a metal blade which is removably mounted in one-piece holder. The holder is, in turn, secured to the sole of a skate boot by means of a plurality of rivets, with rivets being commonly employed. [0003] While the holder is capable of securely fixing the blade to the boot, difficulties arise when the blade must be sharpened since the blade and bulky holder cannot be easily or quickly removed from the boot. This makes it difficult to manipulate or fixedly secure the entire skate in a blade sharpening machine for re-shar...

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IPC IPC(8): A63C1/16A63C3/12
CPCA63C3/12A63C1/16
Inventor BLANKENBURG, KARL VANBELFOUR, EDWARD J.
Owner BLANKENBURG KARL VAN
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