Patent ID: 7325813

Claim:
A skate boot for receiving the foot, the ankle and adjacent leg section of an intended user, the anide having a malleolus, said foot defining a dorsal foot section and a substantially opposed plantar foot section, said skate boot comprising: a. an upper, said upper defining: i. a dorsal upper section and a substantially opposed plantar upper section; ii. a rear upper section extending outwardly from and substantially peripherally to said plantar upper section; iii. a vamp for maintaining said foot between said dorsal and plantar upper sections, said vamp being located substantially longitudinally opposed to said rear upper section; iv. two substantially laterally opposed quarters each extending between said rear upper section and said vamp, each of said quarter defining a respective nose located substantially adjacent said vamp, said dorsal upper section defining an inflection point substantially adjacent said nose, each of said quarter also defining a respective malleolus receiving section for receiving the malleolus of the ankle of the intended user; and v. an opening allowing the user to insert the foot within said skate boot, said opening extending between said rear upper section and said dorsal upper section; b. said upper including a deformable region extending generally perpendicularly to said plantar upper section and located substantially further away from said plantar upper section than said malleolus receiving section, said deformable region being provided for facilitating the elastic dorsiflexion of said upper between an initial upper configuration and a dorsiflexed upper configuration wherein said vamp is closet to said rear upper section than in said initial upper configuration, said deformable region being substantially more elastically deformable than adjacent upper portions of said upper and providing an elastic force biasing said upper towards said initial configuration upon dorsiflexion of said upper.