Adjustable skate support and bracket system
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1. A skate support and bracket system comprising:
- an elongated main support body having a longitudinal axis and an upper bracket attachment track; and
at least one boot bracket carried by said body, said boot bracket including a vertically extending pedestal portion having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end being detachably connected to said upper bracket attachment track of the body,said boot bracket further including an upper platform having a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge, a second side edge and a support area which is positioned closer to said first side edge than it is to said second side edge and which is positioned closer to one of said front and rear edges than it is to the other of said front and rear edges,said support area of the platform being fixed to said pedestal portion at the upper end thereof so that the platform is cantilevered from said upper end of the pedestal portion in both longitudinal and lateral directions relative to said axis to thereby present a cantilevered boot attachment shelf having a generally unimpeded attachment component manipulation area therebeneath, said shelf being provided with attachment structure thereon configured for detachably and adjustably mounting thereon a skate boot having an attachment component extending into said unimpeded area.
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Abstract
A skate support and bracket system includes an elongated main body structure in the form of a tubular aluminum extrusion. A bracket attachment track is formed on the extrusion. A pair of boot brackets are slidably mounted on the track for continuous and infinitesimal movement therealong. The brackets carry boot mounting platforms at the upper ends thereof and the platforms are cantilevered outwardly from the upper end of the pedestal both rearwardly and laterally so as to present a generally unimpeded area under the platform to facilitate manipulation of an attachment component.
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1. A skate support and bracket system comprising:
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an elongated main support body having a longitudinal axis and an upper bracket attachment track; and at least one boot bracket carried by said body, said boot bracket including a vertically extending pedestal portion having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end being detachably connected to said upper bracket attachment track of the body, said boot bracket further including an upper platform having a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge, a second side edge and a support area which is positioned closer to said first side edge than it is to said second side edge and which is positioned closer to one of said front and rear edges than it is to the other of said front and rear edges, said support area of the platform being fixed to said pedestal portion at the upper end thereof so that the platform is cantilevered from said upper end of the pedestal portion in both longitudinal and lateral directions relative to said axis to thereby present a cantilevered boot attachment shelf having a generally unimpeded attachment component manipulation area therebeneath, said shelf being provided with attachment structure thereon configured for detachably and adjustably mounting thereon a skate boot having an attachment component extending into said unimpeded area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A skate support and bracket system comprising:
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an elongated main support body having a centrally located longitudinal axis and an upper longitudinally extending bracket attachment track disposed above said axis, said axis and said track being disposed in a common, generally upright plane, said track extending along said support body for essentially the entire length thereof; an elongated generally planar ice skate blade carried by said body, said blade being disposed so as to extend longitudinally of said body with the plane of the blade parallel to said common plane, said common plane and said blade plane being laterally spaced apart; and at least one boot bracket detachably connected to said bracket attachment track for sliding therealong. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A skate support and bracket system comprising:
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an elongated main support body having a longitudinal axis and an upper bracket attachment track; and at least one boot bracket carried by said body, said boot bracket including a vertically extending pedestal portion having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end being detachably connected to said upper bracket attachment track of the body, said boot bracket further including an upper platform having a front edge, a rear edge, and a support area which is positioned closer to one of said front and rear edges than it is to the other of said front and rear edges, the upper end of said pedestal portion being fixed to said platform solely at said support area thereof so that said platform is cantilevered from said upper end of the pedestal portion in a longitudinal direction relative to said axis to thereby present a cantilevered boot attachment shelf having a generally unimpeded attachment component manipulation area therebeneath, said shelf being provided with attachment structure thereon configured for detachably and adjustably mounting thereon a skating boot having an attachment component extending into said unimpeded area. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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