ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,804, issued on March 25, was assigned to SPORT MASKA INC. (St-Laurent, Canada).
"Skate with toe cap extension" was invented by Etienne Champagne (Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada), Alexis Faucher (Laval, Canada), Samuel Maheux (Laval, Canada) and Philippe Lapierre (Montreal, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skate includes a skate boot with two opposed boot side portions extending from heel and ankle portions to a forward edge of the boot side portions. A forward-most eyelet is the eyelet closest to the forward edge. A toe cap is connected to the skate boot at a front end, and the toe cap has toe cap side portions extending rear...