Patent ID: 8844945
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. An ice skate runner for detachable engagement in a blade holder of an ice skate, the blade holder having an opening therein for receiving at least a portion of the runner and mounting points to retain the runner in place, the runner comprising: an upper polymeric portion shaped to be partially received within the opening of the blade holder; a lower portion bonded to the upper portion and having a greater density than that of the upper portion, the lower portion defining a blade surface for engaging the ice; and at least one of the upper and lower portions being shaped to removably engage the mounting points; wherein the runner has a total height defined perpendicularly to the blade surface, and includes at least one section where the runner is defined by the upper polymeric portion and is free of the lower portion along a majority of the total height, the at least one section extending longitudinally along a major part of a length of the runner.