Quick fastener ice skate apparatus

An ice skate fastening system comprising,

• an ice skate blade rigidly secured to an underlying surface of an adjoining ice skate boot, and
• fastening means for fastening said boot to a user thereof including a circumferential band positioned proximate an upper terminal end of said boot and securable to itself in an overlapped orientation including cooperating hook and loop fasteners formed on opposed ends of said band, and
• a plurality of spaced straps pivotally mounted to one side of said boot and securable within coupling means positioned on an opposed side of said boot for securedly accepting said straps therethrough, and
• wherein said straps are formed with a serrated upwardly extending surface, and
• wherein said coupling means includes a generally "U" shaped bridge member formed with downwardly depending legs fixedly secured within a planar metallic backing surface, and said backing surface is fixedly secured to an upper surface of said boot and said "U" shaped bridge member is aligned with a respective strap, and
• wherein each bridge member includes a pawl support pivotally mounting a downwardly directed pawl thereto wherein said pawl is pivotally mounted to said pawl support by an elongate hinge, and an elongate spring cooperatively mounted to said pawl support and pawl, and normally biasing said pawl in a downward orientation relative to said pawl support, and wherein said pawl is receivable within a trough between peaks of one of said serrated straps.