Ice skate blade assembly having a removeable runner
OwnerBrian G. Cann, Richard C. Hampton +1inventors
InventorsBrian G. Cann, Richard C. Hampton, Icaro Olivieri
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Abstract
An ice skate blade assembly which has a blade holder to which an ice skate runner is removeably secured; the runner may be preshaped and may be disposable. The runner is formed as a thin replaceable flexible strip arranged to be secured to the holder. Attachment elements are provided in the front and the rear of the holder to hold the strip in place and to create tension along the (entire) length thereof. The rear attachment element is adapted so that a hook pivotally engages a hook attachment element so as to hold the runner in place, tension being applied by a nut engaging a threaded portion of the hook attachment element.
Claims13
An ice skate blade assembly comprising a holder having a front end and a rear end, said holder carrying a replaceable runner formed as a flexible strip arranged to be secured to the holder, said runner having a front end portion, an ice contacting portion and a rear end portion, said rear end portion having an upwardly extending terminal end part on which hook means is attached,
- front attachment means for releasably securing the front end of the runner to the front end of the holder,
- and being characterized in that
- said assembly has hook attachment means for releasable engagement with said hook means, said hook attachment means having a screw threaded section,
- the hook attachment means and the hook means being configured to permit a pivot connection therebetween,
- the rear end of the holder has an upwardly extending bore for receiving said screw threaded section, said bore having opposed ends, said bore being interrupted between said opposed ends by a recess for seating a nut, said recess being open to the rear of the holder,
- said assembly has a nut which, when threaded onto the screw threaded section of said hook attachment means, is capable of being rotated in said recess for releasably tightening the runner on the blade assembly.
An ice skate blade assembly comprising
- a holder having a front end and a rear end, said holder carrying a replaceable runner formed as a flexible strip arranged to be secured to the holder, said runner having a front end portion, an ice contacting portion and a rear end portion, said front end portion, ice contacting portion and rear end portion defining a runner length, said front end portion having a rearwardly extending bent over end part releasably engageable with the front end of the holder, said rear end portion having an upwardly extending terminal end part on which hook means is attached,
- and being characterized in that
- said assembly has hook attachment means for releasable engagement with said hook means, said hook attachment means having a screw threaded section,
- the hook attachment means and the hook means being configured to permit a pivot connection therebetween,
- the rear end of the holder has an upwardly extending bore for receiving said screw threaded section, said bore having opposed ends, said bore being interrupted between said opposed ends by a recess open to the rear of the holder for seating a nut,
- and said assembly has a nut which, when threaded onto the screw threaded section of said hook attachment means, is capable of being rotated in said recess for releasably tightening the runner on the blade assembly so as to longitudinally tension the runner along said length.
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