Hand-held ice skate blade sharpener tool

A disposable hand-held ice skate blade sharpening tool comprising:

• an elongate housing;
• a blade shaped handle extending away from said housing and connected thereto;
• a plurality of sharpening surfaces positioned within said housing for simultaneously dressing the hollow and both sides of an ice skate blade brought in contact therewith;
• wherein said housing is of pliable material and wherein said handle is of pliable material, the connection of said handle to said housing being to promote an even distribution of sharpening pressures along the length of said housing;
• wherein said housing includes a guide slot into which said skate blade to be sharpened is inserted;
• wherein said plurality of sharpening surfaces includes a first and second juxtaposed planer sharpening surface along opposite faces of said guide slot, said first and second juxtaposed planer sharpening surfaces being in contact with said skate blade sides when said skate blade is in position within said guide slot, and a convex arched sharpening surface positioned between said first and second juxtaposed planer sharpening surfaces and generally facing normal to the planer of said juxtaposed planer surfaces, said convex arched sharpening surface being in contact with said skate blade hollow when said skate blade is in position within said guide slot;
• wherein said handle extends along the entire length of the elongate housing and is connected to said housing along said housing entire length;
• a top flange connected to said handle blade at its free edge and extending perpendicular to said blade edge;
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• wherein said housing includes a pair of opposing walls in contact with and supporting said sharpening surfaces which simultaneously dress both sides of said skate blade, said housing opposing walls being deformable under finger pressure for moving said simultaneous dressing sharpening surfaces into closer contact with said skate blade sides.

A disposable hand-held ice skate blade sharpening tool comprising:

• an elongate housing;
• a blade shaped handle extending away from said housing and connected thereto;
• a plurality of sharpening surfaces positioned within said housing for simultaneously dressing the hollow and both sides of an ice skate blade brought in contact therewith;
• wherein said housing is of pliable material and wherein said handle is of pliable material, the connection of said handle to said housing being to promote an even distribution of sharpening pressures along the length of said housing;
• wherein said housing includes a guide slot into which said skate blade to be sharpened is inserted;
• wherein said plurality of sharpening surfaces includes a first and second juxtaposed planer sharpening surface along opposite faces of said guide slot, said first and second juxtaposed planer sharpening surfaces being in contact with said skate blade sides when said skate blade is in position within said guide slot, and a convex arched sharpening surface positioned between said first and second juxtaposed planer sharpening surfaces and generally facing normal to the planer of said juxtaposed planer surfaces, said convex arched sharpening surface being in contact with said skate blade hollow when said skate blade is in position within said guide slot;
• wherein said first and second planer sharpening surfaces are each implemented by a structure chosen from a class of:
• the surface of said base forming said slot surface impregnated with grit particles, the surface of said base forming said slot surface and covered with a sheet of grit paper, a rectangular honing stone received and held within said base and having a honing face forming the wall of said slot surface;
• wherein said convex arched sharpening surface is implemented by a structure chosen from a class of:
• a convex arched surface of said base forming said slot surface and impregnated with grit particles, a convex arched surface of said base forming said slot surface and covered with a sheet of grit paper, a rectangular honing stone received and held within said base and having a convex arched face positioned to be said sharpening face;
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• friction reducing guide members at the entrance region of said slot walls, said friction reducing guide members being implemented by structure chosen from the class of:
• plastic blocks formed into the wall of the base of said housing, friction reducing pads mounted to the faces of said slot.