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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Bauer Hockey, Llc, Exeter, NH (US);
Inventor:
Ivan Labonte, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
BAUER HOCKEY LLC, Exeter, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/16 (2006.01); A43B 3/24 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43C 1/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/1666 (2013.01); A43B 3/242 (2013.01); A43B 5/1691 (2013.01); A43B 23/027 (2013.01); A43B 23/0275 (2013.01); A43C 1/003 (2013.01); A43C 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A skate boot comprising an outer shell including medial and lateral side portions for facing the medial and lateral sides of the foot. Each of the medial and lateral side portions has an upper edge. The skate boot also comprises a lace member mounted to either of the upper edges of the medial and lateral side portions. The lace member has at least one opening for receiving an insert. The lace member has a first flexion mode when no insert is received in the at least one opening and a second flexion mode when the insert is received in the at least one opening. The second flexion mode is different from the first flexion mode.