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US4623158:
Sporting knee boot for sliding, skating and skiing
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Monreal, F. Javier; Jamesville, NY 13078
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1986-11-18
/ 1985-09-09
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| Application Number: |
US1985000774010
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63C 9/00;
A63C 11/00;
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IPC-7:
A63C 1/02;
A63C 5/00;
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280/011.12;
280/011.25;
280/618;
280/845;
Original:
280/011.12;
280/011.25;
280/618;
280/012.R;
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| Field of Search: |
280/11.12,610,11.18,11.19,11.25,11.27,618,809,12 R,32.5,87.02 R
002/024
441/065
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| Priority Number: |
| 1984-03-29 |
US1984000594367 |
| 1985-09-09 |
US1985000774010 |
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| Abstract: |
A paired sporting device that consists of a knee contoured shell, here called knee boot, of light weight sheeting material, that engulfs the user's kneeling knee, covering the weight bearing area of the knee, the sides of the knee joint, medially and laterally and the upper 1/3 to 1/2 of the sides of the calf and the sides of the lower 1/3 to 1/2 of the thigh, being opened in the rear for entry and release, and provided with fastening straps to bridge over the user's lower thigh and upper calf. The device, preferably of firm and tear-resistant plastic is offered in two basically different versions: One where the described shell or knee boot is a one piece, continuous device, plus its fastening straps; the other, where the section of boot that holds medially and laterally the lower part of the thigh, bridged together in front of the user's thigh, is jointed or articulated upon the lower section of the said knee boot that bears the weight of the kneeling person, via a medial and a lateral flat joints. The one piece, non articulated knee boot version is fully open in front of the user's thigh from just above the upper lip of the user's patella bone, and its sections that cover the sides of the lower thigh are simply strapped together via an elastic strap that allows some knee flexion/extension.
Either the one piece knee boot or the two piece, articulated version, are provided optionally, at the undersurface of the weight bearing area, with an ice-skate runner, or with a flat sole to sled or ski, or with a ski-boot specially shaped sole, or with a single or a double pair of roller skating wheels, for the different corresponding practical applications of the knee boot.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Love, John J.; Mar, Michael
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 594,367, filed Mar. 29, 1984, now abandoned.
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First Claim:
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What I now claim is:
1. A sporting knee boot made of semi-rigid plastic material and having a contoured shell adapted to engulf the user's knee and part of the user's thigh and calf, comprising a first section having a curved bottom portion and upwardly extending side portions, said first section being adapted to receive and support the knee and the upper one third to one half of the user's calf wherein the front of the user's thigh extends through a forward opening of said first section and the user's lower calf extends through a rearward opening of said first section, a second section having a pair of side portions extending from the user's knee to a distance of one third to one half of the height of the user's thigh, said side portions of said second section overlapping said side portions of said first section and being pivotally connected thereto by hinge means, said second section having a curved band for engaging the front of the user's thigh, the ends of said band being connected to the front edges of said side portions of said second section, a spring connected between said first section and said second section wherein said second section is biased for rotational movement in the direction of the user's calf, an adjustable strap secured to the side portions of said second section for engaging the rear of the user's thigh, at least one adjustable strap secured to the side portions of said first section for engaging the rear of the user's calf, and a sole plate secured to the bottom of said first section, said sole plate having a rectangular shape with rounded corners and tapering in thickness from the its rear section to its front section, wherein said sole plate is adapted to be secured to a ski by ski bindings.
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