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US 6,669,209 B2Granted
Heating arrangement for ice skate blades
AssigneeTherma Blade Inc.
InventorsJeremy Furzer, Tory Weber
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Abstract
An ice skate comprising a boot arranged to receive a person's foot, a skate blade assembly and a blade heating arrangement mounted within a blade mounting arrangement. The blade heating arrangement is arranged to use a field-effect transistor controlled by a microprocessor to operate in the non-linear range to heat skate blades from a power source.
Claims12
An ice skate comprises:
- a boot arranged to receive a persons foot;
- a skate blade assembly having;
- a blade mounting arrangement is arranged to be connected to a sole of the boot and arranged to support a skate blade thereon, and;
- a blade heating arrangement mounted within the mounting arrangement having a microprocessor and a battery power source;
- wherein the blade heating arrangement uses a field-effect transistor controlled by the microprocessor to operate in the non-linear range to heat the skate blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.