Patent ID: 7748130
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: A63C,B24B,B24D

Abstract:
1. A tool comprising: a tool for qualitatively determining whether a skate blade having opposite side faces and a sharpened edge has been sharpened properly comprising means for determining whether a skate blade has been sharpened squarely comprising: a first leg that engages the sharpened edge; and a second leg that engages one of the side faces of the blade, wherein the first leg comprises a first substantially flat reference face, and wherein the second leg comprises a second substantially flat reference face, and wherein the first substantially flat reference face and the second substantially flat reference face extend substantially the same distance and are perpendicular to each other, and wherein the first substantially flat reference face can be placed flush on the sharpened edge while the second substantially flat reference face is flush against one of the side faces of the blade only if the skate blade has been sharpened squarely, and wherein a gap appears between either the first leg of the tool and the sharpened edge or between the second leg of the tool and the side face of the blade if the sharpened edge has not been sharpened squarely, wherein the first lea and second leg each comprise a polymeric material and further comprising level indicators formed in the polymeric material of at least one of the first leg or second leg.