Patent ID: 8109013
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A protective cover device in combination with a skate boot for partially covering the skate boot in which the skate boot comprises a toe portion, a heel portion, an inner side extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, an outer side extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, a tongue portion extending from the toe portion towards the heel portion between the inner and outer sides, and laces fastened between eyelet locations spaced along the inner side and the outer side of the skate boot, the cover device comprising: a panel member comprising: a plurality of anchor members arranged to anchor the panel member to the skate boot; the anchor members including a hinge structure including apertures arranged to receive different portions of the laces therethrough corresponding to different eyelet locations spaced along one of the inner and outer sides of the skate boot such that: