Patent ID: 8029003

Claim:
A skate comprising: a cuff member; a soleplate member including a heel support and a toe support overlapping and adapted to slide with respect to the heel support in a longitudinal axis and fixed in a desired position as to achieve a desired length of the soleplate member; wherein the toe support includes first and second teeth spaced from each other; an adjustment unit including teeth adapted to selectively wedge with the first teeth and a wedging end adapted to selectively wedge with the second teeth; and wherein while the adjustment unit is in an idle position, the teeth are wedged with several of the first teeth, the wedging end is disengaged with the second teeth; wherein while the adjustment unit is in an operative position for adjusting the length size of the soleplate member, the teeth are disengaged from the first teeth so that the toe support is able to slide with respect to the heel support.