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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Darrin J Haugen, Seattle, WA (US);
John E Svensson, Vashon, WA (US);
Inventors:
Darrin J Haugen, Seattle, WA (US);
John E Svensson, Vashon, WA (US);
Assignee:
K-2 Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A skate includes a midskate hinge in the shoe to preferentially flex the shoe base at the metatarsal area, a forward hinge to allow the rear of the shoe to be raised in relation to the rear of the skate frame, and a third hinge to laterally stabilize the rear of the shoe as the shoe base is flexed.