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US 4,988,122 AGranted
Roll ice shoe
OwnerAdah W. Saundersinventor
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Abstract
A combination roller skate and ice skate is provided and consists of a boot affixed to top of an elongated base member and a structure for removably attaching a roller skate insert to bottom of the base member so that a person wearing the boot can roller skate. The structure is also for removably attaching an ice skate insert to bottom of the base member so that the person wearing the boot can ice skate.
Claims3
A combination roller skate and ice skate comprising:
- (a) an elongated base member;
- (b) a boot affixed to a top of said elongated base member;
- (c) a roller skate insert;
- wherein said roller skate insert includes:
- (i) an elongated plate having a plurality of spaced apart notches on each long side thereof;
- and
- (ii) a pair of wheel assemblies, one of said wheel assemblies extending downwardly from front of said plate while other of said wheel assemblies extending downwardly from rear of said plate.
- (d) an ice skate insert;
- wherein said ice skate insert includes:
- (i) an elongated plate having a plurality of spaced apart notches on each long side thereof;
- and
- (ii) a blade extending downwardly from center of said plate
- (e) means for removably attaching said roller skate insert to the bottom of said base member so that a person wearing said boot can roller skate, and for removably attaching said ice skate insert to bottom of said base member so that the person wearing said boot can ice skate;
- wherein said means for removably attaching includes:
- (i) a pair of tracks, each said track formed on an underside of said elongated bare member along one long side thereof and having a plurality of spaced apart transverse slots extending therein;
- and
- (ii) a plurality of L-shaped tongues insertable into said slots so that in one instance said elongated plate of said roller skate insert can be inserted between said tracks with said notches in alignment with said slots enabling said v-shaped tongues to enter said notches to lock said roller skate insert thereto and in another instance said elongated plate of said ice skate insert can be inserted between said tracks with said notches in alignment with said slots enabling said v-shaped tongues to enter said notches to lock said ice skate insert thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.