Patent ID: 7219900
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
1. A skate boot apparatus comprising: a base including an upper face configured to receive a wearer's foot and a lower face configured to structurally support a skate mechanism, wherein the base includes a resin-impregnated, fabric composite shell and a core, the core having a lower density than the shell, the shell surrounding the core; an upper structural support integrated with the base and extending upwardly from the base to a point above a wearer's ankle, the upper support having an area of a first rigidity above and adjacent the base and at least a second rigidity lower than the first rigidity in a majority of the portion of the upper support above the area of first rigidity; an outer shell secured outside said upper support; an inner liner secured inside said upper support; and a plurality of integrated threaded inserts configured to releasably engage a plurality of threaded fasteners to couple the base to the skate mechanism, said base being molded around said inserts, wherein the plurality of inserts are disposed toward circumferential edges of the base with a portion of the insert being supported by the shell of the base and a portion of the inserts being disposed within the core.