Skate structure

Abstract

A skate structure comprising: a first shoe body for accommodating the user's foot; a second shoe body designed to accommodate the first shoe body; a rigid sole designed to be joined to the second shoe body; a frame comprising a support structure having a top surface that joins to the rigid sole and two sidewall elements for holding the skate's means of movement. The rigid sole also has a rigid toe-piece and two lateral extensions. The skate structure also comprises: first fastening means constituted by adhesive elements positioned between the second shoe body and the rigid toe-piece and between the second shoe body and the front portion of the rigid sole; second fastening means, at least partially constituted by screw fittings, joining the frame to the rigid sole.

1 . Skate structure comprising: a first, detachable shoe body, designed to accommodate the user's foot; a flexible, second shoe body, designed to hold said detachable first shoe body and having an assembly sole and an upper comprising soft side edges, with first means of closure being placed on said flexible second shoe body; a rigid sole designed to be joined to the assembly sole; a frame comprising a support structure having a top surface that joins with said rigid sole and two sidewall elements for holding the means of support for said skate's means of movement, characterised in that said rigid sole is associated with a rigid toe-piece placed at the front tip and two lateral extensions rising from the rear portion of said sole, and characterised in that it comprises first and second fastening means, the first fastening means being constituted by adhesive elements used at the interface between said second shoe body and at least a portion of the internal surface of said rigid toe-piece and at the interface between said second shoe body and the front portion of said second sole, the second fastening means being at least partially constituted by screw elements joining said frame to said rigid sole.  
   
   
       2 . Skate structure according to  claim 1 , characterised in that it comprises third fastening means joining said lateral extensions to the upper of said flexible second shoe body.  
   
   
       3 . Skate structure according to  claim 1 , characterised in that said two lateral extensions create a space designed to accommodate a rear portion of said flexible second shoe body.  
   
   
       4 . Skate structure according to  claim 1 , characterised in that each of said two lateral extensions comprises a curved segment having a first rear end, a second front end, an apex, a first rear arm and a second front arm joining said apex to said first rear end and said second front end respectively, said third fastening means being in a position corresponding to said apex.  
   
   
       5 . Skate structure according to  claim 4 , characterised in that said two lateral extensions are joined to each other at the rear by a curved segment in rigid material.  
   
   
       6 . Skate structure according to  claim 1 , characterised in that said rigid sole, said rigid toe-piece and said two lateral extensions are produced in a single body.  
   
   
       7 . Skate structure according to  claim 1 , characterised in that said first fastening means are placed at the interface between said second shoe body and said rigid sole in an area roughly corresponding to the area of the phalanges and at least part of the metatarsus of the user's foot.  
   
   
       8 . Skate structure according to  claim 7 , characterised in that said rigid sole has a first and second hole respectively positioned in a front area and a rear area of said sole, a pair of corresponding holes being made on the top part of the support structure of said frame, said second fastening means comprising a pair of screws joining said sole to said frame by passing through said first and second holes in the sole and said pair of corresponding holes on the frame.  
   
   
       9 . Skate structure according to  claim 8 , characterised in that said first fastening means are placed at the interface between said second shoe body and said rigid sole in front of the point in which said first hole is made in the sole.  
   
   
       10 . Skate structure according to  claim 8 , characterised in that at least one of said first and second holes in the sole is constituted by a long slot running longitudinal to the sole.  
   
   
       11 . Skate structure according to  claim 1 , characterised in that said top part of said support structure of said frame has a longitudinal channel running along it.  
   
   
       12 . Skate structure according to  claim 1 , characterised in that it comprises a collar, said collar being fitted with second means of closure and being fixed to each of said two lateral extensions.  
   
   
       13 . Skate structure according to  claim 12 , characterised in that said collar is fixed to each of said two lateral extensions in a position corresponding to said third fastening means, said third fastening means constituting an axis of partial rotation for said collar.  
   
   
       14 . Skate structure according to  claim 1 , characterised in that said second shoe body comprises first means of closure comprising rigid edge elements having at least one side fixed to the upper of said flexible second shoe body, said rigid edge elements being also fitted with one or more fastening elements.  
   
   
       15 . Skate structure according to  claim 1 , characterised in that said means of movement are constituted by a plurality of wheels, preferably a plurality of in-line wheels.