Adjustable hockey skate cuff and lacing system
OwnerTroy Stacey Crowderinventor
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Abstract
A hockey skate includes a system for adjusting the position of a blade holder on the sole of a hockey skate. The system allows for both toe in and toe out adjustment as well as movement relative to the centerline. The system allows a player to try various positions and determine which positions produce superior skating performance relative to his foot, ankle and leg alignment.
Claims15
A hockey skate comprising a boot, a blade holder secured to said boot, and a blade received in said blade holder, said boot including two opposed series of eyelets receiving a lace for securing of said boot to a user's foot with a lace extension member secured to an upper portion of the boot;
- said lace extension member including two extending arms located on opposite sides of said boot adjacent a top edge thereof and project forwardly of upper eyelets of said series of eyelets;
- said lace passing through eyelets in said extending arms to draw said arms towards one another and define an enlarged slot at a top opening of said boot extending forwardly of said upper eyelets and being oversized relative to a user's leg for accommodating pivoting movement of the user's leg in a forward/rearward direction relative to the boot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.