Traction Device To Walk On Ice While Wearing Ice Skate Scabbard

• US 20120013112A1
• Filed: 07/13/2011
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kapp Consulting Group, LLC
• Original Assignee: Kapp Consulting Group, LLC
• Inventors: Kapp, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US13/182,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20120013112A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/825
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 3/12 Guards for skate blades
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24008 including fastener for attaching to external surface

Abstract

An ice skate scabbard assembly or kit including a traction device attached to the bottom of an ice skate scabbard allowing for a wearer to walk onto ice while wearing the scabbard and to provide increased traction/friction, such that the wearer of the ice skate scabbard assembly will not fall while walking onto the ice. The assembly has at least one ice skate scabbard, at least one traction device and at least one attachment element for attaching the at least one ice skate scabbard to the at least one traction device.

Claims

1. An ice skate scabbard assembly for receiving a blade of an ice skate, said assembly comprising:

an ice skate scabbard having a body for receiving the blade of the ice skate, the body having a front end, two side ends, a rear end, and a bottom, wherein an opening is formed between the two side ends, the front end and the rear end for receiving the ice skate blade;

at least one traction device; and

at least one attachment element, wherein said at least one traction device is attached to the bottom of the body of the ice skate scabbard via the at least one attachment element.

2. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, wherein said at least one traction device is formed of sandpaper, metal oxide, or grit.

3. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one attachment element is composed of glue, cement, or double-sided sticky tape.

4. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one traction device extends from the front end of the scabbard to the rear end of the scabbard along the bottom of the body of the scabbard.

5. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, wherein spaces are formed between the edges of the at least one traction device and the two side ends of the body of the scabbard, said spaces used for preventing the edges of the at least one traction device from fraying.

6. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, wherein a spaces are formed between the edges of the at least one traction device and the front and rear ends of the body of the scabbard, said spaces used for preventing the edges of the at least one traction device from fraying.

7. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 2, wherein the metal oxide is aluminum oxide.

8. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, wherein the front end of the body of said scabbard sweeps upwardly.

9. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one traction device is aluminum oxide imbedded by resin in a fabric.

10. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, further comprising two traction devices.

11. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, further comprising three traction devices.

12. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a second ice skate scabbard having a body for receiving a blade of a second ice skate, the body having a front end, two side ends, a rear end, and a bottom, wherein an opening is formed between the two side ends, the front end and the rear end for receiving the second ice skate blade;

a second traction device; and

a second attachment element;

wherein said second traction device is attached to the bottom of the body of the ice skate scabbard via the second attachment element.

13. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 12, wherein the first ice skate scabbard has two traction devices and the second ice skate scabbard has two traction devices.

23. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one traction device makes the bottom of the ice skate scabbard less slippery.

14. A traction device for an ice skate scabbard comprising:

a strip of material made from either sandpaper or metal oxide, wherein said material is attached to the bottom of an ice skate scabbard via an attachment element.

15. The traction device of claim 14, wherein said traction device is applied to any semi-hard scabbard material.

16. The traction device of claim 15, wherein semi-hard scabbard material comprises plastic, nylon, rubber, wood or leather.

17. The traction device of claim 14, wherein the at least one traction device is formed of sandpaper, metal oxide, or grit.

18. The traction device of claim 14, wherein the attachment element is composed of glue, cement, or double-sided sticky tape.

19. The traction device of claim 17, wherein the metal oxide is aluminum oxide.

20. An ice skate scabbard assembly for receiving a blade of an ice skate, said assembly comprising:

an ice skate scabbard having a body for receiving the blade of the ice skate, the body having a front end, two side ends, a rear end, and a bottom, wherein an opening is formed between the two side ends, the front end and the rear end for receiving the ice skate blade;

at least one traction device; and

an attachment element, wherein said at least one traction device is attached to the bottom of the body of the ice skate scabbard via the attachment element, and wherein the at least one traction device is made from aluminum oxide imbedded by resin in a fabric.

21. An ice skate scabbard assembly for receiving a blade of an ice skate, said assembly comprising:

a first ice skate scabbard having a body for receiving the blade of the ice skate, the body having a front end, two side ends, and a bottom, wherein an opening is formed between the two side ends and the front end for receiving the ice skate blade;

a second ice skate scabbard having a body for receiving the blade of the ice skate, the body having a front end, two side ends, and a bottom, wherein an opening is formed between the two side ends and the front end for receiving the ice skate blade;

at least two traction devices; and

at least two attachment elements, wherein at least one traction device is attached to the bottom of the body of the first ice skate scabbard via the at least one attachment element, and wherein at least one traction device is attached to the bottom of the body of the second ice skate scabbard via at least one attachment element, and

wherein said first ice skate scabbard and said second ice skate scabbard are used in combination to receive the blade of the ice skate.

22. The ice skate scabbard assembly of claim 21, further comprising:

a third ice skate scabbard having a body for receiving the blade of a second ice skate, the body having a front end, two side ends, and a bottom, wherein an opening is formed between the two side ends and the front end for receiving the second ice skate blade; and

a fourth ice skate scabbard having a body for receiving the blade of the second ice skate, the body having a front end, two side ends, and a bottom, wherein an opening is formed between the two side ends and the front end for receiving the ice skate blade,

wherein at least one traction device is attached to the bottom of the body of the third ice skate scabbard via at least one attachment element, and wherein at least one traction device is attached to the bottom of the body of the forth ice skate scabbard via at least one attachment element, and

wherein said third ice skate scabbard and said fourth ice skate scabbard are used in combination to receive the blade of the second ice skate.

24. A method of assembling an ice skate scabbard comprising:

providing an ice skate scabbard having a body for receiving an ice skate blade, the body having a front end, two side ends, a rear end, and a bottom, wherein an opening is formed between the two side ends, the front end and the rear end for receiving the ice skate blade;

providing at least one traction device; and

attaching the at least one traction device to the bottom of the ice skate scabbard via at least one attachment element.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising placing the ice skate within the body of the ice skate scabbard.