Ice skate blade guard with safety feature

An ice skate blade guard for limiting or preventing sideways slipping when the guard remains on a skate when a wearer moves onto ice, the guard comprising:

• an elongated main body having a length, a bottom surface, and an interior longitudinal space with a top opening for receiving at least a portion of a skate blade for protecting the skate blade;
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• a slip-prevention system connected to the main body and comprising at least one elongated element parallel to the length of the main body and extending below said bottom surface, for biting into ice at or near beginning of movement of the guard on ice transverse to the length of the main body;
• wherein said at least one elongated element comprises multiple dual-blade units spaced along the length of the main body, each dual-blade unit comprising a main plate generally parallel to the bottom surface and two parallel slip-prevention blades extending down from the main plate.

An ice skate blade guard adapted for limiting or preventing falls when a wearer fails to remove the guard before moving onto ice, the guard comprising:

• an elongated main body having a broad bottom surface with a length and a transverse width, and an interior longitudinal space with a top opening for receiving at least a portion of a skate blade for protecting the skate blade;
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• a slip-prevention system connected to the main body and comprising multiple, rigid, depending blades having lengths parallel to the length of the main body and each having a lowermost extremity that extends below said bottom surface of the main body, for biting into ice at or near beginning of transverse movement of the guard and skate relative to ice to prevent a wearer from falling;
• wherein each depending blade has a thickness, transverse to the length of the blade, that is less than 1/20 of the width of said bottom surface;
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• wherein the depending blades are slidably connected to the main body and biased to slide downward relative to the main body so that the lowermost extremities of the blades extend 1/16-1 inch below the bottom surface.

An ice skate blade guard adapted for limiting or preventing falls when a wearer fails to remove the guard before moving onto ice, the guard comprising an elongated main body having a broad bottom surface with a length and a transverse width, and an interior longitudinal space with a top opening for receiving at least a portion of a skate blade for protecting the skate blade;

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• a slip-prevention system connected to the main body and comprising multiple, rigid, depending blades having lengths parallel to the length of the main body and each having a lowermost extremity that extends below said bottom surface of the main body, for biting into ice at or near beginning of transverse movement of the guard and skate relative to ice to prevent a wearer from falling;
• wherein each depending blade has a thickness, transverse to the length of the blade, that is less than 1/20 of the width of said bottom surface;
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• wherein the multiple depending blades are fastened to the main body in a recess in the bottom surface, the multiple depending blades are not moveable relative to the main body, and wherein the lowermost extremities of the blades extend 1/16-1 inch below the bottom surface.