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

Claim 0:
1. A skate for a foot of a wearer, the foot having a top surface, a bottom surface, a medial side, and a lateral side, the skate comprising:
a boot having a shell with a bottom portion shaped to enclose the bottom surface of the foot, a lateral side portion shaped to enclose the lateral side of the foot, and a medial side portion shaped to enclose the medial side of the foot, the boot including a toe portion to cover toes of the wearer; and
a tongue engaged to the boot and extending along a length between an upper end of the tongue and a lower end of the tongue adjacent to the toe portion of the boot, the tongue having a medial edge adjacent to the medial side portion of the shell and a lateral edge adjacent to the lateral side portion of the shell, a longitudinal center axis of the tongue extending between the upper and lower ends, the tongue being asymmetric relative to the longitudinal center axis, the tongue having a recessed segment with a recessed medial edge, the recessed medial edge being closer to the longitudinal center axis than a remainder of the medial edge, the recessed medial edge of the recessed segment defining a cut-out in the tongue that extends between a first point on the medial edge and a second point on the medial edge, the first point being spaced apart from the upper end of the tongue and the second point being spaced apart from the lower end of the tongue, the cut-out delimiting a void shaped and positioned to receive therein at least a portion of medial malleolus of the wearer, 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, 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 said point on the longitudinal center axis,
wherein the tongue has a tab disposed only on the lateral segment adjacent to the upper end of the tongue, the medial segment of the tongue devoid of a tab, the tab extending outwardly from the lateral edge in a direction away from the longitudinal center axis, the tab being positionable between the top surface of the foot and an underside of the lateral side portion of the shell, the tab extending downwardly from a top end of the tab to a bottom end of the tab, the top end of the tab being spaced apart from the upper end of the tongue, the tab located closer to the upper end of the tongue than the lower end of the tongue, a portion of the lateral edge between the top end of the tab and the upper end of the tongue being free of the tab.