Patent ID: 7464492

Claim:
A skate comprising: a frame provided to receive a gliding member, said gliding member comprising a plurality of wheels or a blade for gliding on ice; a sole adapted to support a user's shod foot; a heel stiffener; a foot retaining arrangement including a cover, said foot retaining arrangement being movable between an open state enabling insertion or removal of the user's foot, and a closed state enabling adjustment of said foot retaining arrangement around the user's foot, said foot retaining arrangement comprising: an anchoring mechanism on a first side of the skate, said anchoring mechanism comprising a pivot zone about which said foot retaining arrangement is pivotal during movement of said foot retaining arrangement between the open and closed states; in said open state, said cover being outside a path of movement of the user's shod foot to and from a supported position on said sole; a fastening device on a second side of the skate, said fastening mechanism being adapted to keep said foot retaining arrangement in the closed state; said first side of the skate being a medial side and the second side of the skate being a lateral side, or said first side of the skate being the lateral side and the second side of the skate being the medial side; an adjustment device enabling adjustment of said foot retaining arrangement to the morphology of the user's foot.