Patent ID: 7676959
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A skate, comprising: (a) a skate boot for receiving a human foot, the skate boot comprising (i) a heel counter for facing the heel of the foot; (ii) an ankle panel for facing the ankle; (iii) medial and lateral quarter panels for facing the medial and lateral sides of the foot respectively, the medial and lateral quarter panels having medial and lateral front edges; and (iv) a toe cap for covering the toes of the foot, the toe cap being affixed to the medial and lateral front edges of the medial and lateral quarter panels; wherein each of the medial and lateral quarter panels has a lace edge, a sole edge, and a central portion between the lace and sole edges, the lace edge being adapted to support a skate closure system; and wherein the lace edge comprises at least one V-shaped notch along the lace edge, the at least one V-shaped notch having opposite edges being joined to one another to form a lace edge contour seam adapted to impart a bias to the central portion of the quarter panel, the bias being generally transverse to the panel; (b) a rigid outsole fixed to a bottom of the skate boot; and (c) an ice blade holder mounted to a bottom of the rigid outsole.