Patent Application

App. No. 12/609,627

Abstract

Claims (20)

1 . A skate assembly comprising:

a shell structure that comprises:

a heel portion formed to cover a human heel,

a lateral ankle portion formed to extend beyond the heel portion, and

a medial ankle portion formed to extend beyond the heel portion, the lateral ankle portion and the medial ankle portion spaced apart to form a notch extending toward the heel portion; and

a removable tendon guard removably attached between the lateral ankle portion and medial ankle portion to cover the notch.

2 . The skate assembly of claim 1 wherein the removable tendon guard comprises a first attachment point removably attached to the lateral ankle portion and a second attachment point removably attached to the medial ankle portion.

3 . The skate assembly of claim 2 wherein the removable tendon guard comprises a third attachment point removably attached to the heel portion.

4 . The skate assembly of claim 1 wherein the shell structure comprises a toe portion formed to cover at least one human toe.

5 . The skate assembly of claim 4 comprising a removable tongue removably attached to the toe portion.

6 . The skate assembly of claim 5 wherein the removable tongue is comprised of thermoplastic.

7 . The skate assembly of claim 1 wherein the shell structure comprises an arch structure, between the toe portion and the heel portion, that is proximate the medial ankle portion.

8 . The skate assembly of claim 7 wherein the lateral ankle portion, the medial ankle portion, and the arch structure comprise thermoplastic.

9 . The skate structure of claim 1 wherein the shell structure is comprised of at least one of carbon fiber and aramid fiber.

10 . The skate assembly of claim 1 comprising a blade holder removably attached to a bottom portion of the shell structure.

11 . The skate assembly of claim 10 wherein the blade holder comprises a plurality of elongated attachment points that are removably attached to the shell structure.

12 . The skate assembly of claim 10 comprising a skate blade removably attached to the blade holder.

13 . The skate assembly of claim 12 wherein the skate blade has a first blade height at one end of the skate blade and a second blade height at another end of the skate, wherein the first blade height is greater than the second blade height.

14 . The skate assembly of claim 10 wherein the blade holder comprises a textured surface that interfaces with the shell structure.

15 . The skate assembly of claim 1 wherein the shell structure comprises a bottom surface that interfaces with a blade holder, wherein the bottom surface is comprised of at least one of a polyurethane, leather, and synthetic leather.

Assignments (10)