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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1998
Robert A. Iverson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Henry T. Chen, Taipei, TW;
Minson Enterprises Co., Ltd., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A skate includes a boot that includes a heel portion and a toe box portion. The heel portion is disposed on a wheel holder frame that holds a plurality of ground-engaging wheels. The toe box portion is disposed slidably on the wheel holder frame and is slidable in relation to the heel portion. The heel portion includes left and right forwardly extending vamp sections that extend into the toe box portion. The toe box portion includes an inside surface that extends from a forward tip transversely and rearwardly toward the heel portion in a curved fashion. The vamp sections engage the inside surface of the toe box portion such that the vamp sections are flexed inwardly or outwardly as the toe box is slid on the wheel holder frame thereby varying the width and the length of the boot.