Patent ID: 6932360
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. An adjustable frame assembly for a skate comprising: a boot portion of a skate wherein said boot portion includes a foot bed, said foot bed including a length, a width, a lower face, an inner face, a forward portion and a rear portion wherein the forward and rear portion of the foot bed each include a rectangular recessed portion in the inner face of the foot bed, said recessed portion having a length, a width and an elongated opening, said opening having long sides essentially parallel to the length of the foot bed, said openings being flanked by ribs running substantially perpendicular to the length of the opening; a pair of T nuts, each T nut having an upper face and a lower face, said lower face including ribs corresponding to the ribs in a respective recessed portion of the foot bed, each T-nut being appropriately dimensioned to fit snugly in the width of a respective recessed portion, said lower face further including a protrusion appropriately dimensioned to fit snugly within the width of the elongated opening, said protrusion having a threaded opening therethrough; a pair of screws, each screw being appropriately dimensioned to mate with the threaded opening of a respective T-nut; and a frame including a lower portion for attachment to a gliding portion and an upper portion for attachment to the lower face of the boot portion of a skate, said upper portion including generally round openings of predetermined cross-sectional dimensions slightly greater than the cross-sectional dimensions of the respective screws, whereby the screws are a snug fit in the respective openings, wherein upon tightening of each screw, the assembly is fixed at a single position on the foot bed of the boot portion of the skate.