Patent ID: 6131924
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A combined boot and skate that includesa boot having a bottom part that includes a sole and an upper that houses a wearer's foot and lower leg, said boot having a heel region and arch region that encloses the wearer's arch recess,a skate that includes a plate having a platform upon which said boot rests and opposed lateral side walls that extend downwards below the platform beneath the arch region of the boot and a skating means,a snap fastener means that coacts between the sole of the boot and the plate, said fastener means adapted to automatically close about a transverse pin recessed in the sole of the boot, anda rigid stirup having a pair of branches, each branch being supported at its proximal end in one of the opposed sidewalls of said plates immediately beneath the arch region of the boot, each branch extending upwardly along the arch region of the boot and passing over a region of the boot that houses the wearer's calcaneus, each branch further including an arcuate section at its distal end that passes around the back of the boot over the heel region so that said snap fastener and said branches cooperate to securely hold the boot against the platform of said plate.