Patent ID: 11930888
Assignee: SPORT MASKA INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A skate boot comprising a shell defining a foot receiving portion and a tongue mounted within the boot, the tongue comprising:
an upper end, a lower end, a medial edge and a lateral edge, a longitudinal center axis of the tongue extending between the upper and lower ends and spaced substantially equidistantly between segments of the medial and lateral edges, the longitudinal center axis dividing the tongue into a medial segment and a lateral segment, the medial and lateral segments being asymmetrical about the longitudinal center axis, the tongue having an inner surface to face towards a top surface of a foot of a wearer, and an exposed outer surface, and
a tab disposed only on the lateral segment adjacent to the upper end of the tongue, the tongue being asymmetric, the tab extending outwardly from the lateral edge in a direction away from the longitudinal center axis, the tab located closer to the upper end of the tongue than the lower end of the tongue,
a protrusion extending from the inner surface and away from the exposed outer surface of the tongue, the protrusion defining a local increased thickness of the tongue, the protrusion configured for overlapping a portion of lateral metatarsals of the foot of the wearer,
the medial edge defining a cut-out, the medial edge extending towards the longitudinal center axis from an upper end of the cut-out towards a deepest point of the cut-out and extending away from the longitudinal axis from the deepest point towards a bottom end of the cut-out.