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US 5,393,077 AGranted
All season skate
OwnerCraig C. Wanousinventor
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Abstract
The skate of the present invention includes a foot receiving boot having a substantially rigid shell and sole. A frame is fixedly attached to the sole and includes a forward frame portion and a rear frame portion. The frame portion, and thus the skate, is adapted to receive interchangeably a wheeled truck for in-line roller skating, a blade-carrying truck for ice skating, and a ski for use on snow. The ski assembly includes a ski member and an adapter wherein the adapter is releasably attached to the boot and the ski is releasably connected to the adapter. The adapter includes a bottom surface that facilitates walking when the ski is removed.
Claims11
A skate assembly forming a snow skate including a ski carried by a boot, said skate assembly comprising:
- front and rear attachment portions having front and rear ends, and opposite side surfaces extending between said front and rear ends, said attachment portions attached respectively to the sole and heel of the boot with the front ends of the attachment portions adjacent the front end of the boot;
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- an elongate sub-assembly including a molded polymeric frame having a front end and a rear end, said frame including:
- a middle portion extending between said front and rear ends and spaced front and rear portions each having an uppermost surface, a bottom surface opposite to said uppermost surface, opposite spaced side wall portions, and front and rear ends;
- means for releasably engaging said rear portion to said rear attachment portion and said front portion to said front attachment portion comprising, for each pair of engaged portions, a pair of grooves extending from an inlet adjacent one of the ends of the front and rear portions toward the other of the ends of the portions, each groove extending along a different one of the side surfaces of said portions;
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- said attachment portions having at least one part adapted to extend along said side surfaces of said side wall portions and including a pair of tongues having opposite upper and lower surfaces and distal surfaces extending from one of the ends of the attachment portion toward the other of the ends of the attachment portions, each tongue adapted to enter a different one of said grooves from said inlet to an engaged position with said surfaces of said grooves and tongues in frictional engagement;
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- fastening means for fixing said sub-assembly to said boat including a fastening member attached to one of said portions.
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A convertible skate including a wheeled truck, a blade carrying truck and a ski assembly for use as a roller skate, an ice skate or a snow skate respectively, said skate comprising:
- a boot having an upper and a sole, said boot carrying a frame on said sole, said frame including a front frame member and a rear frame member each having side walls with a channel formed therein, the wheeled truck, blade carrying truck and ski assembly including means complimentary to said frame, whereby the wheeled truck, the blade carrying truck and the ski assembly may be selectively and interchangeably operably carried by said boot.
An assembly for attaching a ski to a boot, said assembly comprising:
- front and rear attachment portions having front and rear ends, and opposite side surfaces extending between said front and rear ends, said attachment portions being attached respectively to a sole and heel portion of the boot;
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- an elongate sub-assembly including a molded polymeric frame having a front end and a rear end, said frame including:
- a middle portion extending between said front and rear ends and spaced front and rear portions each having an uppermost surface, a bottom walking surface opposite each said uppermost surface, opposite spaced side wall portions, and front and rear ends;
- means for releasably engaging said rear portion to said rear attachment portion and said front portion to said front attachment portion comprising, for each pair of engaged portions, a pair of grooves extending from an inlet adjacent one of the ends of the front and rear portions toward the other of the ends of the portions, each groove extending along a different one of the side surfaces of said portions;
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- said attachment portions having at least one part adapted to extend along said side surfaces of said side wall portions and including a pair of tongues having opposite upper and lower surfaces and distal surfaces extending from one of the ends of the attachment portion toward the other of the ends of the attachment portions, each tongue adapted to enter a different one of said grooves from said inlet to an engaged position with said surfaces of said grooves and tongues in frictional engagement;
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- fastening means for fixing said sub-assembly to said boot including a fastening member attached to one of said portions.
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An assembly for attaching a ski to a boot, said assembly comprising:
- front and rear attachment portions having front and rear ends, and opposite side surfaces extending between said front and rear ends, said attachment portions being attached respectively to a sole and heel portion of the boot;
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- an elongate sub-assembly including a molded polymeric frame having a front end and a rear end, said frame including:
- a middle portion extending between said front and rear ends and spaced front and rear portions each having an uppermost surface, a front and rear bottom walking surface opposite and generally parallel to each respective said uppermost surface, opposite spaced side wall portions, and front and rear ends;
- means for releasably engaging said rear portion to said rear attachment portion and said front portion to said front attachment portion comprising, for each pair of engaged portions, a pair of grooves extending from an inlet adjacent one of the ends of the front and rear portions toward the other of the ends of the portions, each groove extending along a different one of the side surfaces of said portions;
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- said attachment portions having at least one part adapted to extend along said side surfaces of said side wall portions and including a pair of tongues having opposite upper and lower surfaces and distal surfaces extending from one of the ends of the attachment portion toward the other of the ends of the attachment portions, each tongue adapted to enter a different one of said grooves from said inlet to an engaged position with said surfaces of said grooves and tongues in frictional engagement;
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- fastening means for fixing said sub-assembly to said boot including a fastening member attached to one of said portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.