Patent ID: 6839985

Claim:
A boot comprising: a sole; a high upper, the upper being flexible and having an upper opening extended forwardly by a slit; a tongue blocking the slit, the tongue having a lower portion and an upper portion corresponding to an instep and lower leg, respectively, of a user wearing the boot, the lower and upper portions of the tongue being connected by an intermediary portion; the tongue having a main flexible panel, a semi-rigid reinforcement being affixed to the main flexible panel, the reinforcement having an elongated body extending substantially along a longitudinal median line and over a length of the panel, the reinforcement having at least one extension, each extension originating from the elongated body in an area of the lower and/or upper portion, and extending at least partially up to an area of the intermediary portion, each extension having an elongated shape, said elongated shape tapering toward each of two opposite ends.