Patent ID: 8808215

Claim:
An ankle stabilizing device having a lace-tongue attachment, comprising: a body member having an upper portion, a lower portion, a front portion, a rear portion, a first side, a second side, an interior surface, and an exterior surface, said first and second sides having free front edges; a plurality of eyelets extending along said free front edges of said first and second sides, said plurality of eyelets including a toe-end pair of eyelets positioned toward the lower portion of said body member; and a centering lace having two ends and an attachment point absent a channel, said attachment point defining two substantially equivalent lengths of said centering lace that extend from said attachment point to each of said centering lace's ends; wherein said centering lace's attachment point permanently secures said centering lace to the ankle stabilizing device such that said attachment point is precluded from passing through either of said toe-end pair of eyelets.