Integral in-line skate boot and skate frame

- First Team Sports, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of an integral in-line skate boot and skate frame shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of an integral in-line skate boot and skate frame shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of an integral in-line skate boot and skate frame shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 16 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of an integral in-line skate boot and skate frame shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 23 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 26 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 27 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 28 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D375829
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 12, 1994
Date of Patent: Nov 26, 1996
Assignee: First Team Sports, Inc. (Mounds View, MN)
Inventors: Richard Schaper (Maple Grove, MN), Dan M. Sutherland (Arden Hills, MN), Erik Mueller (Minneapolis, MN), Philip Dretzka (Minneapolis, MN)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: Eric Watterson
Law Firm: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
Application Number: 0/17,459
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/2904