Training ice skate
AssigneeDoubleup LLC
InventorChris W. Bollis
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Abstract
A training ice skate with support components that can offer built-in balance support and can teach proper form to a user who is learning to ice skate. More specifically, the training ice skate can include a boot mount having a base, a blade housing configured to house a blade, and a plurality of support mounts. The base can be configured to attach to a bottom of a boot, the blade housing can be centered on the base and configured to house a center blade, and the plurality of support mounts can be comprised of a plurality of side rail housings at non-center locations on the base that are configured to house a corresponding side rails.
Claims20
A training ice skate boot mount, comprising:
- a base;
- a blade housing centered on the base and configured to house a metal center blade;
- and
- a plurality of side rail housings at non-center locations on the base configured to house a plurality of side rails,
- wherein
- each of the plurality of side rail housings has a ground-facing side, and
- the ground-facing sides of the plurality of side rails are beveled at a non-parallel angle to the base such that the ground-facing sides are facing away from the blade.
A training ice skate boot mount, comprising:
- a base;
- a blade housing centered on the base and configured to house a metal center blade;
- and
- a pair of side rail housings at non-center locations on the base configured to house one or more sets of removable and interchangeable side rails;
- wherein:
- a first side rail housing is located on a first side of the blade housing;
- a second side rail housing is located on a second side of the blade housing;
- and
- a first set of removable and interchangeable side rails have a different height than a second set of removable and interchangeable side rails.
A method of adjusting support offered by a training ice skate, the method comprising:
- sliding a first side rail having a first height into or out from a first side rail housing that is located on a first side of a center blade on a bottom of the training ice skate;
- and
- sliding a second side rail having the first height into or out from a second side rail housing that is located on a second side of the center blade on the bottom of the training ice skate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.