Ice skate blade guard with safety feature

摘要

An ice skate blade guard comprises a device for limiting/preventing falls and injury on the ice when skate blade guards are inadvertently left on when the skater enters the ice. At least one longitudinally-extending bar, blade, or other member provided on the bottom of the guard is sufficiently narrow, sharp, and/or with sharp or biting side edge(s) to bite-into the ice, upon incipient sideways movement, due to the member(s) being biased against the ice and/or due to weight of the wearer. The member(s) prevent sideways slipping, but allow forward movement. The slip-prevention member(s) may be movable in/on the guard and biased downward relative to the main body. In some versions, the slip-prevention blade(s) are fixed to the guard, rigidly and non-movably protruding from the bottom of the guard.

主权项

1. 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; and 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 is a dual-blade unit having a main plate generally parallel to the bottom surface and two parallel slip-prevention blades extending down from the main plate.