Patent ID: 6082744
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
A skate boot hingedly attached to an elongate skate bearing member having a forward and rearward portion, the boot having an upper shoe portion adapted to receive a foot, a medial side, a lateral side, and a sole defining a heel end, a metatarsal portion having a metatarsal head area, and a toe end, wherein the boot further comprises:(a) a first hinge member located between a substantially rigid forward sole portion and a substantially rigid rearward sole portion, the first hinge member being connected between the forward and rearward sole portions to permit the boot to flex in the metatarsal portion while the toe end remains substantially parallel with a horizontal plane defined by the bearing member and to permit at least a portion of the heel end to be moved into a raised position relative to the rearward portion of the skate bearing member; and(b) a second hinge member defined in the sole of the boot near the toe end that hingedly attaches the boot to the bearing member, such that the boot is capable of hinging at the second hinge member and about a lateral axis defined relative to the longitudinal direction of the bearing member to permit at least a portion of the toe end to be moved into a raised position relative to the skate bearing member and to permit the user to push-off from the second hinge member.