Patent ID: 8778251

Claim:
A method of making a skate, comprising: forming a one-piece shell comprising a sole and two vamps extending from the sole, the sole having a first sole width defined between the vamps at a first location along the length of the sole, a forward edge of the vamps being spaced from a toe end of the sole and extending contiguously to a heel end of the sole, forming the one-piece shell comprising injecting molten plastic into a mold cavity defined between an inner mold and an outer mold; forming an adjusting portion in the sole at the first location along the length of the sole, the adjusting portion comprising an aperture formed through the sole, the aperture having a first aperture width; ejecting the shell from the mold cavity before the plastic hardens; mounting the shell in one of a plurality of shaping devices before the plastic hardens, the shaping device comprising a shaping mold; and before the plastic hardens stretching or compressing the shell at the first location along the length of the sole so that a shape of the shell changes to correspond to the shaping mold, and the sole has a second sole width defined between the vamps at the first location along the length of the sole and the aperture has a second aperture width, the second sole width being different than the first sole width and the second aperture width being different than the first aperture width.