Patent ID: 8418381

Claim:
A boot comprising: a boot body having a lower region adapted to cover a foot of a wearer and an upper region adapted to cover at least a portion of a shin of the wearer, the boot body having a tongue opening disposed in a shin-toe direction and a tongue disposed within the tongue opening, the boot body having medial and lateral sides, with the tongue opening locatable between the medial and lateral sides; at least one lace lock mounted to the boot body at the upper region thereof; a lace adapted to draw the medial and lateral sides of the upper region toward each other, the lace anchored at an upper part of the upper region and having a portion extending through a guide at a location near a relatively lower part of the upper region and then to the at least one lace lock that is mounted to the boot body at the upper region; and a lace adapted to draw the medial and lateral sides of the lower region toward each other, the lace anchored at a lower part of the lower region and having a portion extending through a guide at a location near a relatively upper part of the lower region and then to the at least one lace lock that is mounted to the boot body at the upper region.