US 12,256,804 B2
Skate with toe cap extension
Etienne Champagne, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (CA); Alexis Faucher, Laval (CA); Samuel Maheux, Laval (CA); and Philippe Lapierre, Montréal (CA)
Assigned to SPORT MASKA INC., St-Laurent (CA)
Appl. No. 18/031,811
Filed by SPORT MASKA INC., Montreal (CA)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CA2021/051447
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/077114, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/092,597, filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389647 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 5/16 (2006.01); A43B 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 5/16 (2013.01) [A43B 23/081 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A skate, comprising:
a skate boot comprising a heel portion, an ankle portion connected to the heel portion, and two opposed boot side portions extending from the heel and ankle portions to a forward edge of the boot side portions, eyelets defined in each of the boot side portions, a forward-most eyelet being the eyelet closest to the forward edge of the boot side portions;
a toe cap connected to the skate boot at a front end thereof, the toe cap having an upper portion, a front portion, and toe cap side portions extending rearwardly to a rear edge of the toe cap, the rear edge of the toe cap being disposed forward of the forward-most eyelet;
a toe cap extension extending rearwardly from the rear edge of the toe cap and over a portion of at least one of the boot side portions defined rearward of the forward edge and below the forward-most eyelet, the toe cap extension covering an outer side of the portion of the at least one of the boot side portions, the toe cap extension engaging the portion and configured for allowing movement of at least the skate boot rearward of the forward-most eyelet during formation of the skate boot or use thereof; and
a holder mounted under the skate boot and configured for retaining a ground-engaging skate element.