Ice skate with an extendible sole plate

• US 5,498,009 A
• Filed: 06/14/1995
• Issued: 03/12/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tai-Yuan Tsai
• Original Assignee: Young, Gang
• Inventors: Young, Gang
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby, Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US08/490,244
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• Field of Search: 280/11.12, 280/441, 280/11.26, 280/7.13, 280/7.14, 280/11.32, 280/11.33
• US Class Current: 280/11.12
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 1/26 divided into two parts permitting adjustment to the size of the foot

Abstract

An ice skate includes an extendible sole composed of a front plate and a rear plate, a longitudinal receptacle formed under the rear plate, a plurality of bores defined in walls of the receptacle, a plurality of holes defined on the rear plate, an extension member protruding from a bottom of the front plate so as to be slidably received by the receptacle. A plurality of longitudinal slots facing the bores on the walls of the receptacle are further defined in the extension member, a first corresponding number of screws extending through the bores on the walls of the receptacle and the longitudinal slots for slidably adjusting a length of the sole and securing the front plate in place, a blade integrally formed of a fixation board adhered under the front plate and a stanchion having a plurality of longitudinal grooves facing the holes on the rear plate, a second corresponding number of screws extending through the longitudinal grooves and the holes on the rear plate for slidably adjusting the blade in accordance with the length of the sole and securing the blade in place, and a plurality of straps provided on the front plate and the rear plate for securing a user'"'"'s foot therein.

Claims

1. An ice skate comprising:

an extendible sole formed of a front plate and a rear plate having a plurality of straps provided on the front plate and the rear plate for holding a user'"'"'s foot;

a longitudinal receptacle formed under the rear plate;

a plurality of bores defined in walls of the receptacle;

a plurality of holes defined on the rear plate;

a longitudinal extension member provided under the front plate and protruding out of the front plate so as to be slidably received by the receptacle;

a plurality of longitudinal slots, facing the bores on the walls of the receptacle, formed on the extension member;

a first corresponding number of screws extending through the bores on the walls of the receptacle and the longitudinal slot for slidably adjusting a length of the sole and securing the front plate in place;

a blade integrally formed of a fixation board adhered under the front plate and a stanchion having a plurality of longitudinal grooves facing the holes on the rear plate; and

a second corresponding number of screws extending through the longitudinal grooves and the holes on the rear plate for slidably adjusting the blade in accordance with the length of the sole and securing the blade in place.

2. An ice skate as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of wrenches secured onto corresponding heads of the screws for tightening and loosening the screws thereby adjusting the length of the extendible sole.

3. An ice skate comprising:

an extendible sole formed of a front plate and a rear plate having a plurality of straps provided on the front plate and the rear plate for holding a user'"'"'s foot;

a longitudinal receptacle formed under the rear plate;

a plurality of bores and holes defined in walls of the receptacle;

a longitudinal extension member provided under the front plate and protruding out of the front plate so as to be slidably received by the receptacle under the rear plate;

a plurality of longitudinal slots, facing the bores on the walls of the receptacle, formed on the extension member;

a first corresponding number of screws extending through the bores on the walls of the receptacle and the longitudinal slots for slidably adjusting a length of the sole and securing the front plate in place;

a blade integrally formed of a fixation board adhered under the front plate and a stanchion having a longitudinal groove facing the holes on the walls of the receptacle; and

a second corresponding number of screws extending through the longitudinal groove and the holes on the wall of the receptacle for slidably adjusting the blade in accordance with the length of the sole and securing the blade in place.

4. An ice skate as claimed in claim 3 further comprising a plurality of wrenches secured onto corresponding heads of the screws for tightening and loosening the screws thereby adjusting the length of the extendible sole.