Boot with an adjustable length upper adapted for skating

A skate comprising a boot affixed to a skate chassis, said skate comprising:

• a chassis having a plurality of wheels mounted for rotation;
• a boot comprising:
• a reinforcing portion comprising at least a rigid sole and a heel reinforcement, said sole connected to said chassis;
• a flexible liner of said reinforcing portion, said flexible liner comprising at least a partially padded upper, shaped to envelope the foot and the lower leg, said upper of said flexible liner comprising:
• a fore-foot covering portion extending rearwardly to upwardly extending lateral edges forward of a heel area of the boot;
• a rear cuff, independently movable with respect to said forefoot covering portion, said rear cuff comprising a heel enveloping portion and a rising portion to envelope the lower leg, said rear cuff extending forwardly to lateral edges, said lateral edges extending upwardly, one of said rear cuff and said fore-foot covering portion overlapping the other, whereby said lateral edges of said rear cuff are positioned forwardly of said lateral edges of said fore-foot covering portion, said fore-foot covering portion and said rear cuff thereby forming a length-adjustable flexible upper.

A skating boot adapted to be affixed to a skate chassis, the boot comprising:

• a flexible, at least partially padded uppers shaped to envelope the foot and the lower leg;
• a reinforcing portion comprising at least one rigid sole and a heel reinforcement, the rigid sole to be connected to the chassis, said flexible upper comprising a liner of said reinforcing portion;
• the flexible upper comprising a front foot covering portion having a rear scallop at least in the heel zone;
• and
• a rear cuff, independently movable with respect to the covering portion, comprising a heel enveloping portion and a rising portion to envelope the lower leg;
• the front foot covering portion and the rear cuff being assembled to form a flexible upper whose length ea be adjusted;
• wherein the front foot covering portion and the rear cuff are assembled by overlapping two sole portion thicknesses whose rigidity is greater than the rigidity of the rest of the upper, the overlapping length being capable of being modified according to the adjustment desired for the upper, and
• wherein the front foot covering portion comprises a sole portion and a vamp portion connected to the sole portion, the sole portion having a rigid tongue extending the sole portion towards Fe rear beyond the vamp portion, the tongue being at least partially housed during the overlapping of the rear cuff in the sole portion.