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Encyclopedia > Boot Key

Boot Key is an island located adjacent to Marathon, Florida, USA. The island is largely undeveloped despite having a bridge to Marathon. The only significant operation on the island is Radio Marti which broadcasts U.S. government news and cultural information to Cuba. Marathon is a city on Marathon Key and Boot Key, islands in the Florida Keys, located in Monroe County, Florida. ... The Voice of America (VOA) is the official broadcasting service of the United States government. ...

Florida Keys
Upper keys Key Largo, Islamorada, Tavernier, Plantation Key, Matecumbe Key
Middle keys Craig Key, Fiesta Key, Long Key, Conch Key, Duck Key, Grassy Key, Deer Key, Vaca Key, Marathon Key, Boot Key
Lower keys Bahia Honda, West Summerland Key, No Name Key, Big Pine Key, Torch Key, Little Torch Key, Ramrod Key, Summerland Key, Cudjoe Key, Sugarloaf Key, Saddlebunch Keys, Big Coppitt Key, Boca Chica, Key West
Outlying islands Dry Tortugas, Marquesas Keys
Areas Florida Bay, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, National Key Deer Sanctuary, Biscayne Bay, Biscayne National Park
Other topics Overseas Highway, Overseas Railway, Seven Mile Bridge, Key Deer, Conch Republic, Monroe County, Hurricane Georges, 1935 Hurricane, Theater of the Sea

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Ski boot key - Patent 5090277 (2350 words)
A key as claimed in claim 2, including a tether line secured to the elongate member at one end of the tether line and having fastener means at an opposite end of the tether line for securing the key to a belt loop.
The boot 12 also has a pivotal rear toggle clasp or latch 22 which is secured to wire 23 which extends from the latch around the ankle region of the boot to fasten the boot more securely around the wearer's ankle when in the upright, closed condition illustrated.
The free end of the key is then urged upwards as indicated by the arrow, with the lower edge of opening 30 acting on the edge 43 of latch 22 to urge it inwards into the closed position shown in dotted outline.
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