Patent ID: 8454030
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A63C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An ice skate blade assembly for a skate boot, said ice skate blade assembly extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising: (a) an ice skate blade comprising first and second ends, an ice contacting surface and an upper edge opposed to said ice contacting surface, said upper edge comprising first and second hooks projecting upwardly proximate to one of said first and second ends respectively, said second hook having an upper surface, an end and a bottom surface; (b) a blade holder having first and second pedestals and a bridge portion connecting said first and second pedestals, said blade holder further comprising a bottom portion having a longitudinal groove extending therealong for receiving said upper edge of said ice skate blade and wherein said bottom portion further defines a recess extending upwardly from said longitudinal groove for receiving said first hook and wherein said second pedestal has an inner surface defining a cavity with a bottom aperture that opens to said longitudinal groove; and (c) a single actuator at least partially mounted within said cavity, said single actuator having a finger-accessible wall accessible by a finger of a user, a resilient portion having an end wall facing a section of said inner surface of said second pedestal and a base with an inner wall and a bottom wall having an upper surface, an end and a bottom surface, wherein said inner wall and said bottom wall define therebetween a channel that opens to said bottom aperture for receiving said second hook; wherein, when said first hook is received within said recess and said second hook is received within said channel, said bottom wall of said single actuator wedges said second hook for locking in place said ice skate blade in said longitudinal groove whereby an upward force is applied by said bottom wall to said second hook due to a remaining tension in said resilient portion; and wherein, upon pressure by the user on said finger-accessible wall, said resilient portion is deformed and translation movement of said single actuator in a first direction is imparted such that said upper surface of said bottom wall no longer contacts said bottom surface of said second hook and upward force is no longer applied upon said second hook by said bottom wall such that said second hook can exit said channel.