Blade guard
AssigneeVis-Versa' S.R.L.
InventorSabrina Merlo
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Abstract
A blade guard is described for protecting the edges of an ice-skate blade. To manage more than one blade size, the blade guard consists of or comprises a monolithic element elongated along a longitudinal axis (X) and provided with a longitudinal groove for receiving the edges, wherein the groove is formed in a bellows-like-like structure that is deformable along the axis (X) to vary the overall length of the element and of the groove.
Claims20
Blade guard for protecting the edges of an ice-skate blade, consisting of or comprising a monolithic element elongated along a longitudinal axis and provided with a longitudinal groove for receiving the edges,
- wherein the groove is formed in a bellows-like structure that is deformable along the longitudinal axis to vary the overall length of the element and of the groove,
- the bellows-like structure being formed by a plurality of portions inclined or orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and placed in a row along the longitudinal axis,
- the inclined portions being two by two joined together at one of their ends, so as to form a zigzag or serpentine structure,
- with empty spaces formed on opposite sides of the bellows-like structure between any of two adjacent said inclined portions,
- the bottoms of the empty spaces on one of said opposite sides extending, when seen in cross-section, past the bottoms of the empty spaces on the other of said opposite sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.