Molded plastics skate boot
US4384413A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 1980 |
| Grant date | May 24, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA43B5/1691
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A unitary one-piece molded plastic skate, for use with ice or roller skate runners, has a lower shell portion and an upper portion shell portion with the upper shell portion comprising a tendon guard and side ankle flaps, the tendon guard portion of the upper being integrally molded to form a hinge with the rear heel portion of the lower portion. The side ankle flaps overlap upward extensions of side walls of the lower shell portion. A mold apparatus for forming the one-piece skate boot and said mold apparatus including a core formed to the inner shape of the skate boot and having an upstanding leg portion with the thin walled sleeve fixed to the upstanding portion and having a downwardly extending skirt which, in the molding operation, is in contact at the edge thereof with the mold cavities so as to form the flaps of the upper portion but to leave a hinge portion at the heel rear.
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