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

Claim 8:
9. A tongue adapted to be mounted within a boot of a skate, the tongue comprising:
an upper end and a lower end, and a medial edge and a lateral edge, a longitudinal center axis of the tongue extending between the upper and lower ends and spaced equidistantly between segments of the medial and lateral edges, the longitudinal center axis dividing the tongue into a medial segment having a medial segment width defined from a point on the longitudinal center axis to the medial edge, and a lateral segment having a lateral segment width defined from the point on the longitudinal center axis to the lateral edge, the lateral segment width being different from the medial segment width at the point on the longitudinal center axis; 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,
an inner surface and an exposed outer surface, and a protrusion extending away from the inner surface, the protrusion positioned closer to the lower end of the tongue than to the upper end, the protrusion positioned only on the lateral segment to overlay a portion of lateral metatarsals of a foot, the protrusion forming an additional thickness on a part of the lateral segment of the tongue to fill a void created underneath the lateral segment of the tongue, the protrusion defining a local increased thickness of the tongue, 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.