Patent ID: 7325813
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A skate boot for receiving the foot, the ankle and adjacent leg section of an intended user, the anide having a malleolus, said foot defining a dorsal foot section and a substantially opposed plantar foot section, said skate boot comprising: a. an upper, said upper defining: b. said upper including a deformable region extending generally perpendicularly to said plantar upper section and located substantially further away from said plantar upper section than said malleolus receiving section, said deformable region being provided for facilitating the elastic dorsiflexion of said upper between an initial upper configuration and a dorsiflexed upper configuration wherein said vamp is closet to said rear upper section than in said initial upper configuration, said deformable region being substantially more elastically deformable than adjacent upper portions of said upper and providing an elastic force biasing said upper towards said initial configuration upon dorsiflexion of said upper.